Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again

But then again there's only one I've met
Now the preacher looked so baffled
And I say, "Auh come on now
Mona tried to tell me
I knew he'd lost control

To be stuck inside of mobile
To be stuck inside of mobile
Oh mama, can this really be the end
Now the senator came down here
To the wedding of his son
And she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need
To be stuck inside of mobile
To be stuck inside of mobile
How badly they were shocked
And the mailbox is locked
Who says, "She knows me well"

And wouldn't it be my luck
With the Memphis blues again?
And here I sit so patiently
To be stuck inside of mobile
To be stuck inside of mobile
And the ladies treat me kindly
But me, I expected it to happen
To get caught without a ticket
Well Shakespeare he's in the alley
To find out if she's talked
You see, you're just like me
And I said, "Oh I didn't know that
To be stuck inside of mobile
But I know that he don't talk
Now the bricks lay on Grand street
Oh mama, can this really be the end
They all fall there so perfectly

In her honky-tonk lagoon
It all seems so well timed

And it strangled up my mind
Just drink up your blood like wine
And he just smoked my eyelids

But everybody still talks about
Oh mama, can this really be the end
And like a fool I mixed them
'Neath her Panamanian moon
Deep inside my heart

To be stuck inside of mobile
With the Memphis blues again?
Waiting to find out what price

And punched my cigarette"

And now, people just get uglier
With the Memphis blues again?
And now he's buried in the rocks
But the post office has been stolen
I know I can't escape
She said that all the railroad men
Oh mama, can this really be the end

And me, I nearly got busted
Oh mama, can this really be the end

You know you know about my debutante"
Where I can watch her waltz for free

Then he said, "Jump right in"
And I have no sense of time
With his pointed shoes and his bells

And be discovered beneath a truck
And shot it full of holes
Showing everyone his gun

To stay away from the train line
With the Memphis blues again?
When I asked him why he dressed
Going through all these things twice

The other was just railroad gin
Where the neon madmen climb
With the Memphis blues again?

Oh mama, can this really be the end
With twenty pounds of headlines
With the Memphis blues again?

With the Memphis blues again?
And furnish me with tape
With the Memphis blues again?
I hope you're satisfied"
Oh mama, can this really be the end
Stapled to his chest
Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide
You have to pay to get out of
When he built a fire on main street
Oh mama, can this really be the end

Now the rainman gave me two cures

Speaking to some French girl
I'd ask him what the matter was
To be stuck inside of mobile
But he cursed me when I proved it to him
And I would send a message
Handing out free tickets
Grandpa died last week
Oh mama, can this really be the end
The one was Texas medicine
But I know what you want"
When Ruthie says come see her