I saw a man With a yellow guitar Standing By the side of the road Through the steam Coming off the tar Posing Like some delta ghost The sun was rising It was shining Halfway to Memphis Halfway to Tupelo There was a man With a yellow guitar Standing By the side of the road I shouldn't have Let him in my car But his axe Is what I had to hold The sun was high then It was frying Halfway to Memphis Halfway to Tupelo I only stopped Because I'd never seen So bright A beautiful thing My only want my only need Was to hear it sing There was this man With a yellow guitar Standing By the side of the road I knew That I was being charmed By an angel or the devil I don't know The sun was dying I was crying Halfway to Memphis Halfway to Tupelo