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Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Bob Dylan cover)
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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,
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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."
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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 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,
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To be stuck inside of Mobile
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With the Memphis blues again.
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