[00:00.00]Ramblin' Blues - Loudon Wainwright III
[00:02.70]I've seen the lights of old Broadway
[00:08.77]And Market Street down by the Frisco bay
[00:13.97]I've strolled the Prado
[00:16.00]I've gambled on the Bourse in gay Paree
[00:22.31]Now the seven wonders of this world I've seen
[00:27.50]There's many other different places I have been
[00:32.65]Take my advice folks please see Beale Street first
[00:36.84]It's in Memphis Tennessee
[00:40.88]Oh you'll see pretty browns in beautiful gowns
[00:45.58]You'll see tailor mades and your hand me downs
[00:49.56]You'll meet honest men and pick pockets skilled
[00:53.35]And your business never closes
[00:55.40]'Til somebody gets killed
[00:59.57]Oh those Hog-Nose restaurants and Chitlin' cafes
[01:04.37]Talk about your whiskey and your bygone days
[01:08.22]And places once places but now just a sham
[01:11.95]You'll see golden balls enough
[01:13.83]To pave the new Jerusalem
[01:37.38]If Beale Street could talk if Beale Street could talk
[01:41.71]Married men would have to take their beds up and walk
[01:45.04]All except one or two who never drink booze
[01:49.18]And the blind man on the corner
[01:51.31]Who sings 'The Memphis Blues'
[01:53.36]I'd rather be here than any place I know
[02:00.59]Oh I'd rather be here than any place I know
[02:06.88]It's gonna take a sergeant for to make me go
[02:14.02]I'm goin' down to the river baby by and by
[02:21.23]Oh I'm goin' down to the river Mississippi
[02:25.13]And here's the reason why 'cause that river's wet
[02:30.05]And Beale Street's done gone dry bone dry
[02:36.42]If Beale Street could talk if Beale Street could talk
[02:40.50]Married men would have to take their beds up and walk
[02:44.09]All except one or two who never drink booze
[02:48.19]And the blind man on the corner
[02:50.57]Who sings 'The Memphis Blues'
[02:52.38]I'd rather be here than any place I know