Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again-Bob Dylan

[00:03.928]Oh,the ragman draws circles [00:09.576]Up and down the block. [00:12.680]I'd ask him what the matter was [00:16.800]But I know that he don't talk. [00:19.828]And the ladies treat me kindly [00:23.588]And furnish me with tape, [00:26.864]But deep inside my heart [00:30.631]I know I can't escape. [00:33.954]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [00:41.220]To be stuck inside of Mobile [00:45.419]With the Memphis blues again. [00:48.319]Well,Shakespeare,he's in the alley [00:55.130]With his pointed shoes and his bells, [00:57.927]Speaking to some French girl, [01:01.71]Who says she knows me well. [01:04.708]And I would send a message [01:07.985]To find out if she's talked, [01:11.46]But the post office has been stolen [01:14.998]And the mailbox is locked. [01:18.491]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [01:25.886]To be stuck inside of Mobile [01:29.486]With the Memphis blues again. [01:32.614]Mona tried to tell me [01:39.12]To stay away from the train line. [01:42.488]She said that all the railroad men [01:45.862]Just drink up your blood like wine. [01:48.758]An'I said,"Oh,I didn't know that, [01:52.870]But then again,there's only one I've met [01:56.258]An'he just smoked my eyelids [01:59.369]An'punched my cigarette." [02:02.738]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [02:10.278]To be stuck inside of Mobile [02:13.993]With the Memphis blues again. [02:17.264]Grandpa died last week [02:23.115]And now he's buried in the rocks, [02:26.505]But everybody still talks about [02:30.365]How badly they were shocked. [02:33.377]But me,I expected it to happen, [02:37.571]I knew he'd lost control [02:40.341]When he built a fire on Main Street [02:44.881]And shot it full of holes. [02:48.09]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [02:54.713]To be stuck inside of Mobile [02:58.580]With the Memphis blues again. [03:01.800]Now the senator came down here [03:08.272]Showing ev'ryone his gun, [03:11.104]Handing out free tickets [03:14.384]To the wedding of his son. [03:17.802]An'me,I nearly got busted [03:22.108]An'wouldn't it be my luck [03:24.621]To get caught without a ticket [03:28.642]And be discovered beneath a truck. [03:32.413]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [03:39.615]To be stuck inside of Mobile [03:43.236]With the Memphis blues again. [03:45.996]Now the preacher looked so baffled [03:52.31]When I asked him why he dressed [03:55.363]With twenty pounds of headlines [03:58.931]Stapled to his chest. [04:01.583]But he cursed me when I proved it to him, [04:07.301]Then I whispered,"Not even you can hide. [04:09.595]You see,you're just like me, [04:13.491]I hope you're satisfied." [04:15.991]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [04:23.571]To be stuck inside of Mobile [04:27.27]With the Memphis blues again. [04:30.766]Now the rainman gave me two cures, [04:36.759]Then he said,"Jump right in." [04:39.802]The one was Texas medicine, [04:43.278]The other was just railroad gin. [04:47.129]An'like a fool I mixed them [04:51.114]An'it strangled up my mind, [04:54.154]An'now people just get uglier [04:57.510]An'I have no sense of time. [05:00.970]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [05:08.194]To be stuck inside of Mobile [05:11.522]With the Memphis blues again. [05:14.936]When Ruthie says come see her [05:21.305]In her honky-tonk lagoon, [05:24.63]Where I can watch her waltz for free [05:28.677]'Neath her Panamanian moon. [05:30.698]An'I say,"Aw come on now, [05:34.925]You must know about my debutante." [05:38.549]An'she says,"Your debutante just knows what you need [05:42.363]But I know what you want." [05:45.249]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [05:52.421]To be stuck inside of Mobile [05:56.276]With the Memphis blues again. [05:59.383]Now the bricks lay on Grand Street [06:05.957]Where the neon madmen climb. [06:08.461]They all fall there so perfectly, [06:12.255]It all seems so well timed. [06:15.32]An'here I sit so patiently [06:19.232]Waiting to find out what price [06:23.52]You have to pay to get out of [06:26.925]Going through all these things twice. [06:29.297]Oh,Mama,can this really be the end, [06:36.738]To be stuck inside of Mobile [06:40.396]With the Memphis blues again