Memphis Songtext
von Joe Jackson

Memphis
Where the hell is Memphis
Memphis
Where the hell is Memphis
I′ve 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
I used dirty words never too excessively
But sayin' 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
So where the hell is Memphis
I had a one way ticket and a little radio


I turned it on, heard a song from twenty years ago
Somebody smiled and said
That′s the only way to go
He died at twenty-one
Now nobody's innocent in Memphis
But where the hell is Memphis
Somebody turned around and said
I got to disagree
He wrote a song to turn people on to anarchy
He made me think about Marlon Brando on TV
I guess there′s still rebel against anything they got in Memphis
But where the hell is Memphis
Memphis
Where the hell is Memphis
I met a wise old man
He had all the help he'd need
He said Memphis is not like it used to be
A hundred dead guitars lying in the cemetery
I felt a sudden chill
Now I′m not so sure about 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
I know better now
I know that no one knows the facts
I'm gonna start again
Forget I ever heard about Memphis