I'm Not There movie - Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again lyrics

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Song by Cat Power<br /><br>

Oh, the ragman draws circles <br>

Up and down the block. <br>

I'd ask him what the matter was <br>

But I know that he don't talk. <br>

And the ladies treat me kindly <br>

And furnish me with tape, <br>

But deep inside my heart <br>

I know I can't escape. <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

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Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley <br>

With his pointed shoes and his bells, <br>

Speaking to some French girl, <br>

Who says she knows me well. <br>

And I would send a message <br>

To find out if she's talked, <br>

But the post office has been stolen <br>

And the mailbox is locked. <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

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Mona tried to tell me <br>

To stay away from the train line. <br>

She said that all the railroad men <br>

Just drink up your blood like wine. <br>

An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, <br>

But then again, there's only one I've met <br>

An' he just smoked my eyelids <br>

An' punched my cigarette." <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

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Grandpa died last week <br>

And now he's buried in the rocks, <br>

But everybody still talks about <br>

How badly they were shocked. <br>

But me, I expected it to happen, <br>

I knew he'd lost control <br>

When he built a fire on Main Street <br>

And shot it full of holes. <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

<br>

Now the senator came down here <br>

Showing ev'ryone his gun, <br>

Handing out free tickets <br>

To the wedding of his son. <br>

An' me, I nearly got busted <br>

An' wouldn't it be my luck <br>

To get caught without a ticket <br>

And be discovered beneath a truck. <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

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Now the preacher looked so baffled <br>

When I asked him why he dressed <br>

With twenty pounds of headlines <br>

Stapled to his chest. <br>

But he cursed me when I proved it to him, <br>

Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide. <br>

You see, you're just like me, <br>

I hope you're satisfied." <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

<br>

Now the rainman gave me two cures, <br>

Then he said, "Jump right in." <br>

The one was Texas medicine, <br>

The other was just railroad gin. <br>

An' like a fool I mixed them <br>

An' it strangled up my mind, <br>

An' now people just get uglier <br>

An' I have no sense of time. <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

<br>

When Ruthie says come see her <br>

In her honky-tonk lagoon, <br>

Where I can watch her waltz for free <br>

'Neath her Panamanian moon. <br>

An' I say, "Aw come on now, <br>

You must know about my debutante." <br>

An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need <br>

But I know what you want." <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again. <br>

<br>

Now the bricks lay on Grand Street <br>

Where the neon madmen climb. <br>

They all fall there so perfectly, <br>

It all seems so well timed. <br>

An' here I sit so patiently <br>

Waiting to find out what price <br>

You have to pay to get out of <br>

Going through all these things twice. <br>

Oh, Mama, can this really be the end, <br>

To be stuck inside of Mobile <br>

With the Memphis blues again.<br>

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