Ain't no place for a broken heart
And telling me sooner was just too hard
Ain't no place for a broken heart
Any other place would have made a difference
When I stop to call from that truck stop
As the lonesome notes filled the midnight sky
It ain't no place for a broken heart
Anywhere but Memphis
I wipe my tears and wish that I was
She could've waited later to break my heart
Any other place would have made a difference
Anywhere but Memphis
Let me down in Little Rock
Said she was tired of never seein' me
Where the blues pour out of the dives and bars
Way the blues pour out of the dives and bars
She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas
Way the blues pour out of the dives and bars
Anywhere but Memphis
She needed more than a guitar man
She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas
Or even as far back as Phoenix
Anywhere but Memphis
She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas
Wish she could have worked up her courage
