[00:09.36]Oh, the ragman draws circles
[00:11.26]Up and down the block
[00:15.11]I’d ask him what the matter was
[00:18.25]But I know that he don’t talk
[00:21.71]And the ladies treat me kindly
[00:25.28]And furnish me with tape
[00:28.85]But deep inside my heart
[00:32.40]I know I can’t escape
[00:36.40]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[00:43.02]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[00:46.64]With the Memphis blues again
[00:49.75]
[00:52.40]Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
[00:56.04]With his pointed shoes and his bells
[00:59.30]Speaking to some French girl
[01:03.16]Who says she knows me well
[01:06.72]And I would send a message
[01:10.06]To find out if she’s talked
[01:13.67]But the post office has been stolen
[01:16.97]And the mailbox is locked
[01:22.77]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[01:26.97]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[01:30.80]With the Memphis blues again
[01:34.76]
[01:37.81]Mona tried to tell me
[01:40.49]To stay away from the train line
[01:44.08]She said that all the railroad men
[01:47.59]Just drink up your blood like wine
[01:51.00]An’ I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
[01:54.27]But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
[01:57.95]An’ he just smoked my eyelids
[02:01.50]An’ punched my cigarette”
[02:07.89]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:11.78]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[02:15.17]With the Memphis blues again
[02:19.13]
[02:21.54]Grandpa died last week
[02:25.20]And now he’s buried in the rocks
[02:27.95]But everybody still talks about
[02:31.63]How badly they were shocked
[02:35.88]But me, I expected it to happen
[02:38.65]I knew he’d lost control
[02:42.21]When he built a fire on Main Street
[02:46.48]And shot it full of holes
[02:48.78]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:55.93]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[03:00.60]With the Memphis blues again
[03:03.59]
[03:05.75]Now the senator came down here
[03:09.46]Showing ev’ryone his gun
[03:12.56]Handing out free tickets
[03:16.44]To the wedding of his son
[03:20.00]An’ me, I nearly got busted
[03:23.56]An’ wouldn’t it be my luck
[03:29.01]To get caught without a ticket
[03:30.13]And be discovered beneath a truck
[03:35.78]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[03:40.44]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[03:43.96]With the Memphis blues again
[03:47.18]
[03:50.72]Now the preacher looked so baffled
[03:53.77]When I asked him why he dressed
[03:56.62]With twenty pounds of headlines
[04:00.64]Stapled to his chest
[04:03.84]But he cursed me when I proved it to him
[04:07.44]Then I whispered, “Not even you can hide
[04:11.12]You see, you’re just like me
[04:14.29]I hope you’re satisfied”
[04:18.26]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[04:24.68]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[04:28.34]With the Memphis blues again
[04:31.43]
[04:34.89]Now the rainman gave me two cures
[04:37.68]Then he said, “Jump right in”
[04:41.76]The one was Texas medicine
[04:45.13]The other was just railroad gin
[04:48.86]An’ like a fool I mixed them
[04:51.84]An’ it strangled up my mind
[04:55.39]An’ now people just get uglier
[04:59.59]An’ I have no sense of time
[05:03.68]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:09.52]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:11.98]With the Memphis blues again
[05:16.17]
[05:19.04]When Ruthie says come see her
[05:22.12]In her honky-tonk lagoon
[05:28.11]Where I can watch her waltz for free
[05:29.18]’Neath her Panamanian moon
[05:32.07]An’ I say, “Aw come on now
[05:36.54]You must know about my debutante”
[05:40.15]An’ she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
[05:43.26]But I know what you want”
[05:48.40]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:57.61]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:58.82]With the Memphis blues again
[06:00.40]
[06:03.18]Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
[06:06.31]Where the neon madmen climb
[06:14.70]They all fall there so perfectly
[06:15.11]It all seems so well timed
[06:17.27]An’ here I sit so patiently
[06:20.31]Waiting to find out what price
[06:24.12]You have to pay to get out of
[06:27.48]Going through all these things twice
[06:31.13]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[06:37.46]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[06:41.16]With the Memphis blues again
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