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Elvis Presley |
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Long Distance |
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Information, give me |
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Memphis, Tennessee. |
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Help me find the party that tried to get in touch with me. |
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They would not leave a number, but |
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I know the place to call, |
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Cause my uncle took a message, and he wrote it on the wall. |
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Long Distance |
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Information, get in touch with my |
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Marie. She's the only one who'd phone me here from |
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Memphis, Tennessee. |
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Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge, |
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Just a half a mile from the |
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Mississippi |
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Bridge. Long |
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Distance Information, more than that |
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I cannot add. |
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Only that |
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I miss her and all the fun we had. |
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But we were torn apart because her |
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Mom did not agree, |
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And tore apart our happy home in |
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Memphis, Tennessee. |
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Now, last time |
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I saw Marie, she was waving me goodbye, |
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With "hurry home" drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes. |
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Marie is only 6 years old. |
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Information, please, |
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Try to put me through to her in |
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Memphis, Tennessee. |
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Yes, oh, yes, |
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Long Distance, |
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I'll accept the charge. |
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I'll pay. |
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But which loved one is calling me? |
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I did not hear you say. |
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Both are deep within my heart, her |
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Mom and my |
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Marie. It's so good to hear your voice from |
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Memphis, Tennessee. |
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Oh, you mean so much to me, more than you'll ever know. |
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Surely you have not forgot how much |
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I love you so. |
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If you would remember, dear, and sometimes talk to me. |
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Maybe that would reunite our home in |
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Tennessee. |
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Last time |
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I saw you, just before |
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I had to leave. |
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You didn't want to see me off, and promised not to grieve. |
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My heart was torn apart, as |
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I looked back at |
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Marie. And there the pieces still remain with you in |
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Tennessee. |
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I Guess I should stop talking, after all, you placed the call. |
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But any way that |
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I can help. you know |
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I'll help you all. |
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Then her mother told me to come back and see |
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Marie, And live together in our home in |
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Memphis, Tennessee. |