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Oh, the Ragman draws circles up and down the block

I'd ask him what the matter was but I know that he don't talk

And the ladies treat me kindly and furnish me with tape

But deep inside my heart, Lord, I know I can't escape

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again?

Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells

Speaking to some French girl who says she knows me well

And I would send a message to find out if she's talked

But the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again?

Mona tried to tell me, stay away from the train line

She said that all the railroad men drink up your blood like wine

And I said, "Oh I didn't know that but then again there's only one I've met

And he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette"

Ooh, Mama, can this really be the end

To be stuck inside of Mobile

With the Memphis blues again?

Grandpa died last week, now he's buried in the rocks

Everyone still talks about how badly they were shocked

But me, I expected it to happen, when I seen him lose control

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?

Well now Ruthie said, "Come see her in her honky-tonk lagoon

Where I could watch her waltz for free 'neath her Panamanian moon"

And I said, "Aw come on now, you know you know about my debutante"

She said, "Your debutante just knows 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, they fall on Grand Street where the neon madmen climb

They'd all fall there so perfectly it all seems so well timed

And 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?