[00:07.76]Oh, the ragman draws circles
[00:11.85]Up and down the block
[00:15.13]I’d ask him what the matter was
[00:18.42]But I know that he don’t talk
[00:21.85]And the ladies treat me kindly
[00:25.55]And they furnish me with tape
[00:29.23]But deep inside my heart
[00:32.61]I know I can't escape
[00:36.25]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[00:42.73]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[00:46.52]With the Memphis blues again
[00:51.99]Well, Shakespeare, he’s in the alley
[00:55.72]With his pointed shoes and his bells
[00:59.67]Speaking to some French girl
[01:02.85]Who says she knows me well
[01:06.34]And I would send a message
[01:09.84]To find out if she’s talked
[01:13.32]But the post office has been stolen
[01:16.80]And the mailbox is locked
[01:20.49]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[01:27.22]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[01:30.65]With the Memphis blues again
[01:37.08]Mona tried to tell me
[01:40.31]To stay away from the train line
[01:43.96]She said that all the railroad men
[01:47.04]Just drink up your blood like wine
[01:50.77]And I said, “Oh, I didn’t know that
[01:54.16]But then again, there’s only one I’ve met
[01:58.14]And he just smoked my eyelids
[02:01.28]And punched my cigarette”
[02:06.18]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:11.76]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[02:15.39]With the Memphis blues again
[02:21.37]Grandpa died last week
[02:24.50]And now he’s buried in the rocks
[02:28.39]But everybody still talks about
[02:31.58]How badly they were shocked
[02:35.41]But me, I expected it to happen
[02:38.99]I knew he’d lost control
[02:42.48]When I, he built a fire on Main Street
[02:45.91]And shot it full of holes
[02:49.45]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[02:56.02]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[02:59.51]With the Memphis blues again
[03:05.28]Now the senator came down here
[03:09.22]Showing everyone his gun
[03:12.70]Handing out free tickets
[03:15.64]To the wedding of his son
[03:19.52]And me, I nearly got busted
[03:23.12]And wouldn’t it be my luck
[03:26.60]To get caught without a ticket
[03:29.63]And be discovered beneath a truck
[03:33.67]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[03:40.49]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[03:44.18]With the Memphis blues again
[03:49.71]Now the tea preacher looked so baffled
[03:53.40]When I asked him why he dressed
[03:57.19]With twenty pounds of headlines
[04:00.53]Stapled to his chest
[04:04.01]But he cursed me when I proved to him
[04:07.21]Then I whispered, said “Not even you can hide
[04:11.09]You see, you’re just like me
[04:14.73]I hope you’re satisfied”
[04:18.17]Aw, Mama, can this really be the end
[04:24.64]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[04:28.47]With the Memphis blues again
[04:33.85]Now the rainman gave me two cures
[04:37.73]Then he said, “Jump right in”
[04:41.52]The one was Texas medicine
[04:44.85]The other was just railroad gin
[04:48.48]And like a fool I mixed them
[04:51.72]And it strangled up my mind
[04:55.16]And now people just get uglier
[04:58.55]And I have no sense of time
[05:02.18]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:08.85]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:12.29]With the Memphis blues again
[05:18.16]When Ruthie says come see her
[05:22.06]In her honky-tonk lagoon
[05:25.24]Where I can watch her waltz for free
[05:28.72]’Neath her Panamanian moon
[05:32.42]And I say, “Aw come on now
[05:35.90]You know ya' know about my debutante”
[05:39.29]And she says, “Your debutante just knows what you need
[05:42.82]But I know what you want”
[05:46.31]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end
[05:53.03]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:56.46]With the Memphis blues again
[06:02.50]Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
[06:05.73]Where the neon madmen climb
[06:09.46]They all fall there so perfectly
[06:12.60]It all seems so well timed
[06:16.49]And here I sit so patiently
[06:20.02]Waiting to find out what price
[06:24.71]You have to pay to get out of
[06:27.74]Going through all these things twice
[06:31.17]Oh, Mama, is this really the end
[06:37.65]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[06:41.34]With the Memphis blues again