Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Oh, the ragman draws circles
Up and down the block
I’d ask him what the matter was
But I know that he don’t talk
And the ladies treat me kindly
And they furnish me with tape
But deep inside my heart
I know I can't escape
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
With his pointed shoes and his bells
Speaking to some French girl
Who says she knows me well
And I would send a message
To find out if she’s talked
But the post office has been stolen
And the mailbox is locked
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Mona tried to tell me
To stay away from the train line
She said that all the railroad men
Just drink up your blood like wine
And I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
And he just smoked my eyelids
And punched my cigarette”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Grandpa died last week
And now he’s buried in the rocks
But everybody still talks about
How badly they were shocked
But me, I expected it to happen
I knew he’d lost control
When I, he built a fire on Main Street
And shot it full of holes
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the senator came down here
Showing everyone his gun
Handing out free tickets
To the wedding of his son
And me, I nearly got busted
And wouldn’t it be my luck
To get caught without a ticket
And be discovered beneath a truck
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
When I asked him why he dressed
With twenty pounds of headlines
Stapled to his chest
But he cursed me when I proved to him
Then I whispered, said “Not even you can hide
You see, you’re just like me
I hope you’re satisfied”
Aw, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the rainman gave me two cures
Then he said, “Jump right in”
The one was Texas medicine
The other was just railroad gin
And like a fool I mixed them
And it strangled up my mind
And now people just get uglier
And I have no sense of time
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
When Ruthie says come see her
In her honky-tonk lagoon
Where I can watch her waltz for free
’Neath her Panamanian moon
And I say, “Aw come on now
You know ya' know about my debutante”
And she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
But I know what you want”
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
Where the neon madmen climb
They all fall there so perfectly
It all seems so well timed
And here I sit so patiently
Waiting to find out what price
You have to pay to get out of
Going through all these things twice
Oh, Mama, is this really the end
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again
Stuck Inside of Mobile With The Memphis Blues AgainLRC歌词
[00:07.76]Oh, the ragman draws circles
[00:11.85]Up and down the block
[00:15.13]I’d ask him what the matter was
[00:18.42]But I know that he don’t talk
[00:21.85]And the ladies treat me kindly
[00:25.55]And they furnish me with tape
[00:29.23]But deep inside my heart
[00:32.61]I know I can't escape
[00:36.25]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[00:42.73]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[00:46.52]With the Memphis blues again
[00:51.99]Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
[00:55.72]With his pointed shoes and his bells
[00:59.67]Speaking to some French girl
[01:02.85]Who says she knows me well
[01:06.34]And I would send a message
[01:09.84]To find out if she’s talked
[01:13.32]But the post office has been stolen
[01:16.80]And the mailbox is locked
[01:20.49]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[01:27.22]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[01:30.65]With the Memphis blues again
[01:37.08]Mona tried to tell me
[01:40.31]To stay away from the train line
[01:43.96]She said that all the railroad men
[01:47.04]Just drink up your blood like wine
[01:50.77]And I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
[01:54.16]But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
[01:58.14]And he just smoked my eyelids
[02:01.28]And punched my cigarette”
[02:06.18]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:11.76]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[02:15.39]With the Memphis blues again
[02:21.37]Grandpa died last week
[02:24.50]And now he’s buried in the rocks
[02:28.39]But everybody still talks about
[02:31.58]How badly they were shocked
[02:35.41]But me, I expected it to happen
[02:38.99]I knew he’d lost control
[02:42.48]When I, he built a fire on Main Street
[02:45.91]And shot it full of holes
[02:49.45]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:56.02]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[02:59.51]With the Memphis blues again
[03:05.28]Now the senator came down here
[03:09.22]Showing everyone his gun
[03:12.70]Handing out free tickets
[03:15.64]To the wedding of his son
[03:19.52]And me, I nearly got busted
[03:23.12]And wouldn’t it be my luck
[03:26.60]To get caught without a ticket
[03:29.63]And be discovered beneath a truck
[03:33.67]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[03:40.49]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[03:44.18]With the Memphis blues again
[03:49.71]Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
[03:53.40]When I asked him why he dressed
[03:57.19]With twenty pounds of headlines
[04:00.53]Stapled to his chest
[04:04.01]But he cursed me when I proved to him
[04:07.21]Then I whispered, said “Not even you can hide
[04:11.09]You see, you’re just like me
[04:14.73]I hope you’re satisfied”
[04:18.17]Aw, Mama, can this really be the end
[04:24.64]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[04:28.47]With the Memphis blues again
[04:33.85]Now the rainman gave me two cures
[04:37.73]Then he said, “Jump right in”
[04:41.52]The one was Texas medicine
[04:44.85]The other was just railroad gin
[04:48.48]And like a fool I mixed them
[04:51.72]And it strangled up my mind
[04:55.16]And now people just get uglier
[04:58.55]And I have no sense of time
[05:02.18]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:08.85]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:12.29]With the Memphis blues again
[05:18.16]When Ruthie says come see her
[05:22.06]In her honky-tonk lagoon
[05:25.24]Where I can watch her waltz for free
[05:28.72]’Neath her Panamanian moon
[05:32.42]And I say, “Aw come on now
[05:35.90]You know ya' know about my debutante”
[05:39.29]And she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
[05:42.82]But I know what you want”
[05:46.31]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:53.03]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:56.46]With the Memphis blues again
[06:02.50]Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
[06:05.73]Where the neon madmen climb
[06:09.46]They all fall there so perfectly
[06:12.60]It all seems so well timed
[06:16.49]And here I sit so patiently
[06:20.02]Waiting to find out what price
[06:24.71]You have to pay to get out of
[06:27.74]Going through all these things twice
[06:31.17]Oh, Mama, is this really the end
[06:37.65]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[06:41.34]With the Memphis blues again
