Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again

Song Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again
Artist Bob Dylan
Album The Rolling Thunder Revue - The Warehouse, New Orleans, LA

Lyrics

[00:01.02] Stuck inside of mobile with the memphis blues again
[00:02.08]
[00:05.34]
[00:07.94] Oh, the ragman draws circles
[00:12.13] Up and down the block.
[00:15.43] I'd ask him what the matter was
[00:19.42] But I know that he don't talk.
[00:22.37] And the ladies treat me kindly
[00:25.99] And furnish me with tape,
[00:29.77] But deep inside my heart
[00:33.04] I know I can't escape.
[00:36.68] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[00:42.98] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[00:46.88] With the Memphis blues again.
[00:50.51]
[00:52.46] Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley
[00:56.02] With his pointed shoes and his bells,
[00:59.65] Speaking to some French girl,
[01:03.39] Who says she knows me well.
[01:07.00] And I would send a message
[01:10.50] To find out if she's talked,
[01:13.89] But the post office has been stolen
[01:17.42] And the mailbox is locked.
[01:21.37] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[01:27.59] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[01:31.15] With the Memphis blues again.
[01:35.00]
[01:37.32] Mona tried to tell me
[01:40.67] To stay away from the train line.
[01:44.63] She said that all the railroad men
[01:47.49] Just drink up your blood like wine.
[01:51.17] An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that,
[01:54.63] But then again, there's only one I've met
[01:58.54] An' he just smoked my eyelids
[02:01.76] An' punched my cigarette."
[02:05.85] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[02:12.12] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[02:15.62] With the Memphis blues again.
[02:19.11]
[02:21.78] Grandpa died last week
[02:24.83] And now he's buried in the rocks,
[02:28.37] But everybody still talks about
[02:32.50] How badly they were shocked.
[02:36.64] But me, I expected it to happen,
[02:39.21] I knew he'd lost control
[02:43.01] When he built a fire on Main Street
[02:47.28] And shot it full of holes.
[02:50.10] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[02:56.21] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[03:00.13] With the Memphis blues again.
[03:03.60]
[03:05.84] Now the senator came down here
[03:09.92] Showing ev'ryone his gun,
[03:13.74] Handing out free tickets
[03:16.65] To the wedding of his son.
[03:19.95] An' me, I nearly got busted
[03:23.68] An' wouldn't it be my luck
[03:27.12] To get caught without a ticket
[03:30.74] And be discovered beneath a truck.
[03:34.54] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[03:41.36] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[03:44.73] With the Memphis blues again.
[03:48.30]
[03:50.22] Now the preacher looked so baffled
[03:54.13] When I asked him why he dressed
[03:58.51] With twenty pounds of headlines
[04:02.09] Stapled to his chest.
[04:05.34] But he cursed me when I proved it to him,
[04:07.70] Then I whispered, "Not even you can hide.
[04:11.71] You see, you're just like me,
[04:15.34] I hope you're satisfied."
[04:18.67] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[04:25.71] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[04:28.96] With the Memphis blues again.
[04:32.47]
[04:34.64] Now the rainman gave me two cures,
[04:39.91] Then he said, "Jump right in."
[04:43.89] The one was Texas medicine,
[04:47.23] The other was just railroad gin.
[04:50.97] An' like a fool I mixed them
[04:54.19] An' it strangled up my mind,
[04:57.64] An' now people just get uglier
[05:01.58] An' I have no sense of time.
[05:04.86] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[05:11.40] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:15.06] With the Memphis blues again.
[05:18.01]
[05:21.04] When Ruthie says come see her
[05:24.88] In her honky-tonk lagoon,
[05:27.97] Where I can watch her waltz for free
[05:31.52] 'Neath her Panamanian moon.
[05:35.60] An' I say, "Aw come on now,
[05:38.74] You must know about my debutante."
[05:42.46] An' she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need
[05:46.56] But I know what you want."
[05:49.50] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[05:56.24] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:59.82] With the Memphis blues again.
[06:03.03]
[06:05.66] Now the bricks lay on Grand Street
[06:09.27] Where the neon madmen climb.
[06:12.95] They all fall there so perfectly,
[06:16.22] It all seems so well timed.
[06:19.69] An' here I sit so patiently
[06:23.53] Waiting to find out what price
[06:27.06] You have to pay to get out of
[06:30.14] Going through all these things twice.
[06:34.11] Oh, Mama, can this really be the end,
[06:40.65] To be stuck inside of Mobile
[06:44.26] With the Memphis blues again.