[00:00.00]Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Live at Tarrant County Convention Center Arena, Ft. Worth, TX - May 1976) - Bob Dylan
[00:20.42]Oh the ragman draws circles
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[00:24.88]Up and down the block
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[00:28.29]I'd ask him what the matter was
[00:30.91]But I know that he don't talk
[00:34.49]And the ladies treat me kindly
[00:37.39]
[00:38.66]And furnish me with tape
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[00:42.32]But deep inside my heart
[00:44.94]Oh I know I can't escape
[00:48.21]
[00:49.15]Oh Mama can this really be the end
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[00:55.77]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[00:59.14]With the Memphis blues again
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[01:11.94]Shakespeare he's in the alley
[01:14.61]With his pointed shoes and his bells
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[01:18.93]Speaking to some French girl
[01:21.68]Who says she knows me well
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[01:25.14]And I would send a message
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[01:28.47]To find out if she's talked
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[01:32.02]But the post office has been stolen
[01:35.28]And the mailbox is locked
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[01:39.68]Oh Mama can this really be the end
[01:45.61]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[01:49.05]With the Memphis blues again
[01:55.12]
[02:01.47]Mona tried to tell me
[02:04.04]To stay away from the train line
[02:06.85]
[02:07.44]She said that all the railroad men
[02:11.06]Drink up your blood like wine
[02:14.30]And I said"Oh I didn't know that
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[02:17.64]But then again there's only one I've met
[02:21.38]And he just smoked my eyelids
[02:25.02]And punched my cigarette"
[02:28.22]Oh Mama can this really be the end
[02:34.59]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[02:38.18]With the Memphis blues again
[02:44.45]
[02:50.14]Grandpa died last week
[02:53.13]And now he's buried in the rocks
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[02:57.11]But everybody still talks about
[02:59.58]How badly they were shocked
[03:03.17]But me I expected it to happen
[03:06.60]When i see he'd lost control
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[03:10.38]He built a fire on Main Street
[03:13.30]And shot it full of holes
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[03:16.85]Oh Mama can this really be the end
[03:23.36]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[03:26.68]With the Memphis blues again
[03:32.78]
[04:14.49]When Ruthie says come see her
[04:18.32]In her honky-tonk lagoon
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[04:21.50]Where I can watch her waltz for free
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[04:25.46]'Neath her Panamanian moon
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[04:29.23]I say"Aw come on now
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[04:32.07]Am I stolen my debutante"
[04:35.09]She says"Your debutante just knows what you need
[04:38.57]But I know what you want"
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[04:42.38]Oh Mama can this really be the end
[04:48.51]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[04:52.04]With the Memphis blues again
[04:57.96]
[05:02.95]Now the bricks follow on Grand Street
[05:06.72]Where the neon madmen climb
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[05:10.21]They all fall there so perfectly
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[05:13.26]It all seems so well timed
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[05:16.62]And here I sit so patiently
[05:19.91]Waiting to find out what price
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[05:23.77]You have to pay to get out of
[05:26.27]Going through all these things twice
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[05:30.14]Oh Mama can this really be the end
[05:36.29]To be stuck inside of Mobile
[05:39.66]With the Memphis blues again