Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Rehearsal)

[00:05.12]Oh, the ragman draws circles

[01:23.34]Up and down the block

[02:16.59]I'd ask him what the matter was

[02:24.84]But I know that he don't talk

[02:27.90]And the ladies treat me kindly

[02:30.68]And they furnish me with tape

[02:33.68]But deep inside my heart

[02:34.94]I know I can't escape

[02:38.69]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[02:44.52]To be stuck inside of Mobile with the

[02:46.56]Memphis blues again

[02:55.31]Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley

[02:57.87]With his pointed shoes and his bells

[03:01.08]Speaking to some French girl

[03:03.53]Who says she knows me well

[03:06.24]And I would send a message

[03:08.55]To find out if she's talked

[03:11.40]But the post office has been stolen

[03:13.80]And the mailbox is locked

[03:17.15]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[03:21.44]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[03:24.41]With the Memphis blues again

[03:33.68]Mona tried to tell me

[03:35.75]To stay away from the train line

[03:38.90]She said that all the railroad men

[03:41.40]Just drink up your blood like wine

[03:44.12]An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that

[03:46.50]But then again, there's only one I've met

[03:49.40]An' he just smoked my eyelids

[03:50.81]An' punched my cigarette"

[03:51.27]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[03:52.59]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[03:53.49]With the Memphis blues again

[03:54.24]Grandpa died last week

[03:54.81]And now he's buried in the rocks

[03:55.77]But everybody still talks about how

[03:57.15]Badly they were shocked

[03:57.59]But me, I expected it to happen

[03:58.59]I knew he'd lost control

[03:59.21]When I speed built a fire on Main Street

[04:00.06]And shot it full of holes

[04:00.62]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[04:01.59]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[04:02.25]With the Memphis blues again

[04:04.19]Now the senator came down here

[04:04.83]Showing ev'ryone his gun

[04:05.40]Handing out free tickets

[04:06.12]To the wedding of his son

[04:06.81]An' me, I nearly got busted

[04:07.68]An' wouldn't it be my luck

[04:08.40]To get caught without a ticket

[04:09.03]And be discovered beneath a truck

[04:09.78]Oh, Mama, is this really be the end

[04:10.71]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[04:11.49]With the Memphis blues again

[04:12.47]Now the tea preacher looked so baffled

[04:13.22]When I asked him why he dressed

[04:13.94]With twenty pounds of headlines

[04:14.69]Stapled to his chest

[04:15.27]But he cursed me when I proved it to him

[04:16.13]Then I whispered and said, "Not even you can hide

[04:17.26]You see, you're just like me

[04:17.93]I hope you're satisfied"

[04:18.31]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[04:19.35]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[04:20.04]With the Memphis blues again

[04:20.73]Now the rainman gave me two cures

[04:21.68]Then he said, "Jump right in"

[04:22.47]The one was Texas medicine

[04:24.26]The other was just railroad gin

[04:25.13]An' like a fool I mixed them

[04:25.82]An' it strangled up my mind

[04:26.81]An' now people just get uglier

[04:27.50]An' I have no sense of time

[04:28.17]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[04:29.43]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[04:30.68]With the Memphis blues again

[04:31.41]And when Ruthie says come see her

[04:32.06]In her honky-tonk lagoon

[04:32.51]Where I can watch her waltz for free

[04:33.75]'neath her Panamanian moon

[04:34.23]An' I say, "Aw come on now

[04:34.91]You know you knew about my debutante"

[04:35.61]An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need

[04:36.83]But I know what you want"

[04:37.80]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[04:38.91]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[04:39.87]With the Memphis blues again

[04:41.49]Now the bricks lay on Grand Street

[04:42.24]Where the neon madmen climb

[04:43.62]They all fall there so perfectly

[04:44.27]It all seems so well timed

[04:44.85]An' here I sit so patiently

[04:45.87]Waiting to find out what price

[04:48.12]You have to pay to get out of

[04:48.89]Going through all these things twice

[04:49.56]Oh, Mama, can this really be the end

[04:50.69]To be stuck inside of Mobile

[04:51.83]With the Memphis blues again