memphis where the hell is memphis
memphis where the hell is memphis
i got to get away study my geography
i’m just a shadow of the boy i used to be
i used to see the light now it’s all a mystery
i used to feel the beat now i feel a million miles from
memphis where the hell is memphis
memphis where the hell is memphis
i used dirty words never too excessively
but saying rock’n’roll never seemed so bad to me
i once said it in hip and happy company
i was in and out in a second on my way to
memphis where the hell is memphis
memphis where the hell is memphis
memphis so where the hell is memphis
i had a oneway ticket and a little radio
i turned it on heard the sound from twenty years ago
somebody smiled and said that’s the only way to go
he died at twentyone now nobody’s innocent in
memphis where the hell is memphis
memphis where the hell is memphis
somebody turned around said i got to disagree
he wrote that sort of turn people out to anarchy
he made them think about marlon brando on tv
i guess they still went down against anything they got in
memphis where the hell is memphis
memphis where the hell is memphis
i met a wise old man he had longer hair than me
he said memphis is nothing like it used to be
a hundred dead ists lying in the cemetry
i felt a sudden chill now i’m not so sure about
memphis where the hell is memphis
memphis where the hell is memphis
i’m on a lonesome train on a lonesome track
i think i’ll jump right off head for home double back
and though i’m better now i know that noone knows the facts
i’m gonna start again forget i ever heard about
memphis where the hell is memphis
Artist: Joe Jackson
Year: 1983
Decade: 80s
Language: en
Word Count: 165