[00:01.02]Stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again
[00:02.08]
[00:05.34]
[00:07.94]Oh, the ragman draws circles
[00:12.13]Up and down the block.
[00:15.43]I'd ask him what the matter was
[00:19.42]But I know that he don't talk.
[00:22.37]And the ladies treat me kindly
[00:25.99]And furnish me with tape,
[00:29.77]But deep inside my heart
[00:33.04]I know I can't escape.
[00:36.68]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[00:42.98]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[00:46.88]With the Memphis blues again.
[00:50.51]
[00:52.46]Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley
[00:56.02]With his pointed shoes and his bells,
[00:59.65]Speaking to some French girl,
[01:03.39]Who says she knows me well.
[01:07.00]And I would send a message
[01:10.50]To find out if she's talked,
[01:13.89]But the post office has been stolen
[01:17.42]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.
[01:35.00]
[01:37.32]Mona tried to tell me
[01:40.67]To stay away from the train line.
[01:44.63]She said that all the railroad men
[01:47.49]Just drink up your blood like wine.
[01:51.17]An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that,
[01:54.63]But then again, there's only one I've met
[01:58.54]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
[04:02.09]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.