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Oh, the ragman draws circles |
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Up and down the block |
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I’d ask him what the matter was |
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But I know that he don’t talk |
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And the ladies treat me kindly |
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And furnish me with tape |
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But deep inside my heart |
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I know I can’t escape |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
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To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley |
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With his pointed shoes and his bells |
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Speaking to some French girl |
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Who says she knows me well |
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And I would send a message |
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To find out if she’s talked |
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But the post office has been stolen |
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And the mailbox is locked |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
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To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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Mona tried to tell me |
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To stay away from the train line |
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She said that all the railroad men |
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Just drink up your blood like wine |
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An’ I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that |
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But then again, there’s only one I’ve met |
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An’ he just smoked my eyelids |
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An’ punched my cigarette” |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
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To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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Grandpa died last week |
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And now he’s buried in the rocks |
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But everybody still talks about |
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How badly they were shocked |
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But me, I expected it to happen |
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I knew he’d lost control |
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When he built a fire on Main Street |
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And shot it full of holes |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
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To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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Now the senator came down here |
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Showing ev’ryone his gun |
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Handing out free tickets |
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To the wedding of his son |
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An’ me, I nearly got busted |
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An’ wouldn’t it be my luck |
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To get caught without a ticket |
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And be discovered beneath a truck |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
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To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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Now the preacher looked so baffled |
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When I asked him why he dressed |
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With twenty pounds of headlines |
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Stapled to his chest |
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But he cursed me when I proved it to him |
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Then I whispered, “Not even you can hide |
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You see, you’re just like me |
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I hope you’re satisfied” |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
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To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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Now the rainman gave me two cures |
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Then he said, “Jump right in” |
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The one was Texas medicine |
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The other was just railroad gin |
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An’ like a fool I mixed them |
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An’ it strangled up my mind |
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An’ now people just get uglier |
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An’ I have no sense of time |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
| [05:09.52] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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When Ruthie says come see her |
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In her honky-tonk lagoon |
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Where I can watch her waltz for free |
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’Neath her Panamanian moon |
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An’ I say, “Aw come on now |
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You must know about my debutante” |
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An’ she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need |
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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 |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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Now the bricks lay on Grand Street |
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Where the neon madmen climb |
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They all fall there so perfectly |
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It all seems so well timed |
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An’ here I sit so patiently |
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Waiting to find out what price |
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You have to pay to get out of |
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Going through all these things twice |
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Oh, Mama, can this really be the end |
| [06:37.46] |
To be stuck inside of Mobile |
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With the Memphis blues again |
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