Mark Knopfler - Back to Tupelo lyrics

rate me

around the time of ‘clambake'

movie number twenty-five

you and the lying dutchman

are still in overdrive

you're as strong as when you started

mississippi in your soul

you can still be marlon brando

and the king of rock and roll

it isn't just the records

no, you must have hollywood

the songs alone are not enough

that much is understood

you'll soon be back in memphis

maybe then you'll know what to do

the storylines they're giving you

are just not ringing true

oh, it's a ways to go

back to tupelo

when you're young and beautiful

your dreams are all ideals

later on it's not the same

lord, everything is real

sixteen hundred miles of highway

roll back to the truth

and a song to give your mother

in your first recording booth

around the time of ‘clambake'

that old dream's still rolling on

sometimes there'll be the feeling

things are going wrong

the morning star is fading

lord, the mississippi's cold

you can still be marlon brando

and the king of rock and roll

but it's a ways to go

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