Cat Power Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again Lyrics

Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again Lyrics

Oh, the ragman draws circles

Up and down the block

I'd ask him what the matter was

But I know, he don't talk



And the ladies treat him kindly

And furnish him with tape

But deep inside his heart

I know he can't escape



Oh, mama

Can this really be the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley

With his pointed shoes and his bells

Speaking to some French girl

Who says she knows him well



And I would send a message

To find out if she's talked

But the post office has been stolen

And the mailbox is locked



Oh, mama

Can this really be the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



Mona tried to tell me

To stay away from the train line

She said that all the railroad men

Just drink up your blood like wine



An' I said, "Oh, I didn't know that

But then again there's only one I've met

An' he just smoked my eyelids

An' punched my cigarette"



Oh, mama

Can this really be the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



Grandpa died last week

And now he's buried in the rocks

But everybody still talks about

How badly they were shocked



But me, I expected it to happen

I knew he'd lost control

Rebuilt a fire on Main Street

And shot it full of holes



Oh, mama

Can this really be the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



The senator came down here

Showing everyone his gun

Handing out free tickets

To the wedding of his son



An' me, I nearly got busted

An' wouldn't it be my luck

To get caught without a ticket

And be discovered beneath a truck?



Oh, mama

Is this really the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



Now, the T-Preacher looked so baffled

When I asked him why he dressed

With twenty pounds of headlines

Stapled to his chest



But he cursed me when I proved it to him

Then I whispered and said "Not even you can hide

You see, you're just like me

I hope you're satisfied"



Oh, mama

Can this really be the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



Now, the Rainman gave me two cures

Then he said, "Jump right in"

The one was Texas medicine

The other was just railroad gin



An' like a fool I mixed them

An' it strangled up my mind

An' now people just get uglier

An' I have no sense of time



Oh, mama

Can this really be the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



When Ruthie says come see her

In her honky-tonk lagoon

Where he can watch her waltz for free

'Neath her Panamanian moon



An' he say, "Aw, come on now

You know you know about my debutante"

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

But I know what you really want"



Oh, mama

Can this really be the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again



Now, the bricks lay on Grand Street

Where the neon madmen climb

They all fall there so perfectly

It all seems so well timed



An' here I sit so patiently

Waiting to find out what price

You have to pay to get out of

Going through all these things twice



Oh, mama

Is this really the end?

To be stuck inside of mobile

With the Memphis blues again