[00:07.52] Oh, the ragman draws circles
[00:10.93] Up and down the block
[00:14.21] I'd ask him what the matter was
[00:18.17] But I know that he don't talk
[00:21.52] And the ladies treat me kindly
[00:25.33] And they furnish me with tape
[00:28.63] But deep inside my heart
[00:31.88] I know I can't escape
[00:35.65] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[00:42.29] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[00:51.94] Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley
[00:55.39] With his pointed shoes and his bells
[00:59.17] Speaking to some French girl
[01:02.98] Who says, she knows me well
[01:05.98] And I would send a message
[01:09.50] To find out if she's talked
[01:12.73] But the post office has been stolen
[01:16.28] And the mailbox is locked
[01:20.36] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[01:26.46] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[01:36.81] Mona tried to tell me
[01:40.44] To stay away from the train line
[01:43.72] She said that all the railroad men
[01:46.87] Just drink up your blood like wine
[01:50.51] An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that
[01:53.45] But then again there's only one I've met
[01:57.48] An' he just smoked my eyelids
[02:00.73] And punched my cigarette"
[02:04.89] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:11.05] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[02:21.16] Grandpa died last week
[02:24.31] And now he's buried in the rocks
[02:27.99] But everybody still talks about
[02:31.47] How badly they were shocked
[02:34.99] But me, I expected it to happen
[02:38.51] I knew he'd lost control
[02:42.00] When I speed built a fire on Main Street
[02:45.82] And shot it full of holes
[02:49.49] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:55.66] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[03:05.42] Now, the senator came down here
[03:08.83] Showing everyone his gun
[03:12.25] Handing out free tickets
[03:15.40] To the wedding of his son
[03:19.31] An' me, I nearly got busted
[03:23.44] An' wouldn't it be my luck
[03:26.30] To get caught without a ticket
[03:30.64] And be discovered beneath a truck?
[03:33.62] Oh, Mama, is this really the end
[03:39.67] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[03:49.61] Now the T-Preacher looked so baffled
[03:52.83] When I asked him why he dressed
[03:56.42] With twenty pounds of headlines
[04:00.23] Stapled to his chest
[04:03.51] But he cursed me when I proved to him
[04:06.64] Then I whispered and said, "Not even you can hide
[04:10.68] You see, you're just like me
[04:14.00] I hope you're satisfied"
[04:17.98] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[04:24.08] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[04:34.05] Now, the rainman gave me two cures
[04:38.54] Then he said, "Jump right in"
[04:41.09] The one was Texas medicine
[04:44.74] The other was just railroad gin
[04:48.21] An' like a fool I mixed them
[04:52.10] An' it strangled up my mind
[04:55.15] An' now people just get uglier
[04:58.13] An' I have no sense of time
[05:02.42] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:08.64] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[05:18.48] When Ruthie says, "Come see her
[05:21.85] In her honky-tonk lagoon
[05:25.58] Where I can watch her waltz for free
[05:28.74] 'Neath her Panamanian moon"
[05:32.44] An' I say, "Aw, come on, now
[05:38.59] You know you know about my debutante"
[05:40.19] An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need
[05:42.65] But I know what you want"
[05:46.74] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:53.01] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
[06:02.53] Now, the bricks lay on Grand Street
[06:06.36] Where the neon madmen climb
[06:09.35] They all fall there so perfectly
[06:12.95] It all seems so well timed
[06:16.50] An' here I sit so patiently
[06:20.26] Waiting to find out what price
[06:23.70] You have to pay to get out of
[06:27.09] Going through all these things twice
[06:31.06] Oh, Mama, is this really the end
[06:37.58] To be stuck inside of Mobile with the Memphis blues again?
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