[00:18.62]Old Beale Street is coming down
[00:23.54]Sweeties' Snack Bar, boarded up now
[00:27.38]And Egles The Tailor and the Shine Boy's gone
[00:31.74]Faded out with ragtime blues
[00:37.14]Handy's cast in bronze
[00:39.61]And he's standing in a little park
[00:43.06]With a trumpet in his hand
[00:44.89]Like he's listening back to the good old bands
[00:49.90]And the click of high heeled shoes
[00:54.40]Old Furry sings the blues
[00:56.88]Propped up in his bed
[00:58.60]With his dentures and his leg removed
[01:03.11]And Ginny's there
[01:05.36]For her kindness and Furry's beer
[01:08.50]She's the old man's angel overseer
[01:21.24]Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps
[01:26.06]In the grey decay
[01:27.99]They chew the last few dollars off
[01:30.38]Old Beale Street's carcass
[01:34.90]Carrion and mercy
[01:40.16]Blue and silver sparkling drums
[01:44.41]Cheap guitars, eye shades and guns
[01:48.70]Aimed at the hot blood of being no one
[01:53.12]Down and out in Memphis Tennessee
[01:56.94]Old Furry sings the blues
[01:59.94]You bring him smoke and drink and he'll play for you
[02:05.95]It's mostly muttering now and sideshow spiel
[02:11.70]But there was one song he played
[02:13.64]I could really feel
[02:28.74]There's a double bill murder at the New Daisy
[02:32.86]The old girl's silent across the street
[02:37.11]She's silent - waiting for the wrecker's beat
[02:41.49]Silent - staring at her stolen name
[02:46.91]Diamond boys and satin dolls
[02:51.51]Bourbon laughter- ghosts - history falls
[02:56.15]To parking lots and shopping malls
[03:00.79]As they tear down old Beale Street
[03:03.39]Old Furry sings the blues
[03:07.08]He points a bony finger at you and
[03:09.29]"I don't like you"
[03:12.38]Everybody laughs as if it's the old man's standard joke
[03:17.40]But it's true
[03:18.50]We're only welcome for our drink and smoke
[03:31.30]W.C. Handy I'm rich and I'm fay
[03:36.39]And I'm not familiar with what you played
[03:38.53]But I get such strong impressions of your hey day
[03:44.65]Looking up and down old Beale Street
[03:49.35]Ghosts of the darktown society
[03:53.58]Come right out of the bricks at me
[03:57.28]Like it's a Saturday night
[03:59.73]They're in their finery
[04:02.82]Dancing it up and making deals
[04:06.56]Furry sings the blues
[04:10.15]Why should I expect that old guy to give it to me true
[04:16.01]Fallen to hard luck
[04:18.36]And time and other thieves
[04:21.07]While our limo is shining on his shanty street
[04:24.44]Old Furry sings the blues
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