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[ti:Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again] |
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[ar:bob dylan] |
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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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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. |
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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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Mona tried to tell me |
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To stay away from the train line. |
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She said that all the railroad men |
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Just drink up your blood like wine. |
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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 |
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An'punched my cigarette." |
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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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Grandpa died last week |
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And now he's buried in the rocks, |
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But everybody still talks about |
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How badly they were shocked. |
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But me,I expected it to happen, |
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I knew he'd lost control |
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When he built a fire on Main Street |
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And shot it full of holes. |
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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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Now the senator came down here |
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Showing ev'ryone his gun, |
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Handing out free tickets |
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To the wedding of his son. |
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An'me,I nearly got busted |
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An'wouldn't it be my luck |
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To get caught without a ticket |
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And be discovered beneath a truck. |
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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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Now the preacher looked so baffled |
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When I asked him why he dressed |
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With twenty pounds of headlines |
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Stapled to his chest. |
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But he cursed me when I proved it to him, |
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Then I whispered,"Not even you can hide. |
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You see,you're just like me, |
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I hope you're satisfied." |
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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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Now the rainman gave me two cures, |
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Then he said,"Jump right in." |
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The one was Texas medicine, |
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The other was just railroad gin. |
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An'like a fool I mixed them |
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An'it strangled up my mind, |
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An'now people just get uglier |
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An'I have no sense of time. |
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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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When Ruthie says come see her |
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In her honky-tonk lagoon, |
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Where I can watch her waltz for free |
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'Neath her Panamanian moon. |
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An'I say,"Aw come on now, |
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You must know about my debutante." |
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An'she says,"Your debutante just knows what you need |
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But I know what you want." |
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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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Now the bricks lay on Grand Street |
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Where the neon madmen climb. |
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They all fall there so perfectly, |
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It all seems so well timed. |
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An'here I sit so patiently |
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Waiting to find out what price |
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You have to pay to get out of |
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Going through all these things twice. |
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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 |