Grandpa died last week, now he's buried in the rocks
With the Memphis blues again?
Ooh, Mama, can this really be the end
Now the bricks, they fall on Grand Street where the neon madmen climb
To be stuck inside of Mobile
He built a fire on Main Street and shot it full of holes
Where I could watch her waltz for free 'neath her Panamanian moon"
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
But me, I expected it to happen, when I seen him lose control
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
She said that all the railroad men drink up your blood like wine
To be stuck inside of Mobile
With the Memphis blues again?
They'd all fall there so perfectly it all seems so well timed
You have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice
I'd ask him what the matter was but I know that he don't talk
And I would send a message to find out if she's talked
Songwriter: Bob Dylan
Mona tried to tell me, stay away from the train line
And I said, "Oh I didn't know that but then again there's only one I've met
But I know what you want"
Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells
And he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette"
With the Memphis blues again?
Speaking to some French girl who says she knows me well
Oh, the Ragman draws circles up and down the block
She said, "Your debutante just knows what you need
But deep inside my heart, Lord, I know I can't escape
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
With the Memphis blues again?
And the ladies treat me kindly and furnish me with tape
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
With the Memphis blues again?
And I said, "Aw come on now, you know you know about my debutante"
Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
But the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked
Everyone still talks about how badly they were shocked
Well now Ruthie said, "Come see her in her honky-tonk lagoon
To be stuck inside of Mobile
To be stuck inside of Mobile
To be stuck inside of Mobile
To be stuck inside of Mobile
And here I sit so patiently waiting to find out what price
Publisher: DWARF MUSIC
With the Memphis blues again?