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Oh, the ragman draws circles |
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Up and down the block. |
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I'd ask him what the matter was |
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But I know that he don't talk. |
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And the ladies treat me kindly |
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And furnish me with tape, |
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But deep inside my heart |
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I know I can't escape. |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
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To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again. |
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|
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Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley |
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With his pointed shoes and his bells, |
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Speaking to some French girl, |
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Who says she knows me well. |
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And I would send a message |
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To find out if she's talked, |
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But the post office has been stolen |
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And the mailbox is locked. |
| [01:21.37] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [01:27.59] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [01:31.15] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
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|
| [01:37.32] |
Mona tried to tell me |
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To stay away from the train line. |
| [01:44.63] |
She said that all the railroad men |
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Just drink up your blood like wine. |
| [01:51.17] |
An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, |
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But then again, there's only one I've met |
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An' he just smoked my eyelids |
| [02:01.76] |
An' punched my cigarette." |
| [02:05.85] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [02:12.12] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [02:15.62] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
| [02:19.11] |
|
| [02:21.78] |
Grandpa died last week |
| [02:24.83] |
And now he's buried in the rocks, |
| [02:28.37] |
But everybody still talks about |
| [02:32.50] |
How badly they were shocked. |
| [02:36.64] |
But me, I expected it to happen, |
| [02:39.21] |
I knew he'd lost control |
| [02:43.01] |
When he built a fire on Main Street |
| [02:47.28] |
And shot it full of holes. |
| [02:50.10] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [02:56.21] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [03:00.13] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
| [03:03.60] |
|
| [03:05.84] |
Now the senator came down here |
| [03:09.92] |
Showing ev'ryone his gun, |
| [03:13.74] |
Handing out free tickets |
| [03:16.65] |
To the wedding of his son. |
| [03:19.95] |
An' me, I nearly got busted |
| [03:23.68] |
An' wouldn't it be my luck |
| [03:27.12] |
To get caught without a ticket |
| [03:30.74] |
And be discovered beneath a truck. |
| [03:34.54] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [03:41.36] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [03:44.73] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
| [03:48.30] |
|
| [03:50.22] |
Now the preacher looked so baffled |
| [03:54.13] |
When I asked him why he dressed |
| [03:58.51] |
With twenty pounds of headlines |
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Stapled to his chest. |
| [04:05.34] |
But he cursed me when I proved it to him, |
| [04:07.70] |
Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide. |
| [04:11.71] |
You see, you're just like me, |
| [04:15.34] |
I hope you're satisfied." |
| [04:18.67] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [04:25.71] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [04:28.96] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
| [04:32.47] |
|
| [04:34.64] |
Now the rainman gave me two cures, |
| [04:39.91] |
Then he said, "Jump right in." |
| [04:43.89] |
The one was Texas medicine, |
| [04:47.23] |
The other was just railroad gin. |
| [04:50.97] |
An' like a fool I mixed them |
| [04:54.19] |
An' it strangled up my mind, |
| [04:57.64] |
An' now people just get uglier |
| [05:01.58] |
An' I have no sense of time. |
| [05:04.86] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [05:11.40] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [05:15.06] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
| [05:18.01] |
|
| [05:21.04] |
When Ruthie says come see her |
| [05:24.88] |
In her honky-tonk lagoon, |
| [05:27.97] |
Where I can watch her waltz for free |
| [05:31.52] |
'Neath her Panamanian moon. |
| [05:35.60] |
An' I say, "Aw come on now, |
| [05:38.74] |
You must know about my debutante." |
| [05:42.46] |
An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need |
| [05:46.56] |
But I know what you want." |
| [05:49.50] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [05:56.24] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [05:59.82] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
| [06:03.03] |
|
| [06:05.66] |
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street |
| [06:09.27] |
Where the neon madmen climb. |
| [06:12.95] |
They all fall there so perfectly, |
| [06:16.22] |
It all seems so well timed. |
| [06:19.69] |
An' here I sit so patiently |
| [06:23.53] |
Waiting to find out what price |
| [06:27.06] |
You have to pay to get out of |
| [06:30.14] |
Going through all these things twice. |
| [06:34.11] |
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, |
| [06:40.65] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
| [06:44.26] |
With the Memphis blues again. |
