Memphis

Song Memphis
Artist The Ventures
Album The EP Collection Volume Two

Lyrics

[00:06.17] RANCID
[00:06.72] MEMPHIS
[00:17.66]
[00:19.56] I've lived my whole life, made mistakes,
[00:21.63] From the get go,
[00:22.69] Street kid from the start, right, no regrets though,
[00:25.39] I do what I want, yeah, cuz I said so,
[00:27.98] No sleep for the wicked, right? No, bet no.
[00:30.93] Rollin' with the punk rockers,
[00:32.60] I ain't lying,
[00:33.52] Fake guns, fake bands,
[00:34.65] Fake punk, I ain't buying,
[00:36.00] Hit the road,
[00:36.71] All I know,
[00:37.51] Rock and roll ain't dying, about fifteen deep,
[00:40.33] We hit the streets low ridin.
[00:41.08]
[00:41.42] By the time we made it to New Orleans,
[00:43.86] It must have been half past three.
[00:46.53] By the time we made it to Memphis,
[00:48.87] We were crazy.
[00:51.97] Tonight, you're our blanket,
[00:54.58] And you're gonna keep us warm
[00:57.51] Tonight, protect us from the storm.
[01:02.40]
[01:03.21] Huge black clouds and troubled
[01:04.97] Time's they're a comin' round
[01:06.11] Oh Lord, let me go through another round
[01:08.72] Tuesday night is when the storm's gonna settle down,
[01:11.11] Had a glance, circumstance,
[01:13.14] Stone cold, trouble bound,
[01:14.16] She's the one, all alone, I come lookin',
[01:16.42] Smoke and mirrors as I watch,
[01:18.19] Aw, that girl was trippin',
[01:19.18] It's no fun, lost again,
[01:20.64] To have your heart broken,
[01:21.90] Greed is from a world that is built on hustling.
[01:24.11]
[01:24.34] By the time we made it to New Orleans,
[01:26.82] It must have been half past three.
[01:29.55] By the time we made it to Memphis,
[01:31.83] We were crazy.
[01:35.10] Tonight, you're our blanket,
[01:37.66] And you're gonna keep us warm
[01:40.68] Tonight, protect us from the storm.
[01:45.71]
[01:57.69] Embrace the falling when they have failed,
[02:02.69] Every road can lead ya straight down to fucking hell,
[02:08.39] Embrace the falling when they have failed,
[02:13.50] Now every road can take ya straight down to hell.
[02:19.81]
[02:29.43] Don't want nothing here, everyone straight trippin,
[02:32.01] Happier times, are gone, past starts slippin
[02:34.59] This will be enough to keep me on the road livin,
[02:37.27] Good every night, in a different city I'll be sleepin,
[02:40.01] Let me know, here we go, met a girl named Lola,
[02:42.84] Is she here? Is she there? Drinking Jack and cola,
[02:45.34] She says, Tim, where ya been? I got somethin' to show ya,
[02:48.37] Lola fired off her clothes and started rock and rollin!
[02:50.53]
[02:50.87] By the time we made it to New Orleans,
[02:53.04] It must have been half past three.
[02:55.60] By the time we made it to Memphis,
[02:58.03] We were crazy.
[03:01.27] Tonight, you're our blanket,
[03:03.82] And you're gonna keep us warm
[03:06.91] Tonight, protect us from the storm