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EOh the rag-man draws C#mcircles EUp and down the C#mblock. I'd Eask him what the C#mmatter was But I Aknow that he don't Btalk. And the Aladies treat me Ekindly And C#mfurnish me with Etape But C#mdeep inside my Eheart I Aknow I can't esEcape
G#mOh Mama, Can this really be the end? To be Estuck iBnside of C#mMobile, Ewith the AMemphis blues Eagain? E
EWell, Shakespeare, he's in the C#malley With his Epointed shoes and his C#mbells. ESpeaking to a C#mFrench girl, Who Asays she knows me Bwell. And AI would send a Emessage To C#mfind out if she's Etalked, But the C#mpost office has been Estolen And the Amail box is Elocked.
G#mOh Mama, Can this really be the end? To be Estuck Binside of C#mMobile, Ewith the AMemphis blues Eagain? E
Mona tried to tell me To stay far away from the railroad line. She said that all the railroad men Drink your blood like wine. An' I said "Oh, I didn't know that But then again there's only one I've me An' he just smoked my eyelids An' 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 rock But everybody talk about How badly they were shocked. But me I expected it to happen I knew he'd lost control When 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. An' me I nearly got busted An 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 preacher looked so baffled When I asked him why he dressed With twenty pounds of headlines Stapled to his chest But he cursed when I proved to him Then I whispered not even you can hide. You see you're just like me I hope your satisfied Oh 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 railroad gin. An like a fool I mixed them An' it strangled up my mind An' now people just get uglier An' 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 honkey-tonk lagoon, Where I can watch her waltz for free 'Neath her Panamanian moon. An' I say, "Aw come on now You must know about my debutante." An' she says, "Your debutante knows just 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. An' 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, Can this really be the end? To be stuck inside of Mobile, with the Memphis blues again? E/ B/ A/ E/ A/ A/ E