Memphis blues

The ragman is drawing circles around the block
I would ask him but I know very well he doesn't speak
The ladies treat me kindly, they're going to fill me with ribbons
And deep in my heart I know I have no way out

Oh mama this could be the end. This could be the end
Stuck with the Memphis blues unable to get out

Mona tried to keep me away from the railroaders
You don't know she told me they drink your blood like wine daily
I told her I didn't know but then pulling the thread
I remembered that one who once
Punched my whole cigarette

Oh mama ...

Grandma has already died, she's buried among the rocks
But people still talk about the sorrow that touches her
I could see it was getting worse
Lately I saw her lighting fires down the main street

Oh mama ...

The senator has arrived showing his gun
Tomorrow my son is getting married, everyone is invited to the wedding
With the bad luck I have, everything bad happens to me
If I go, for sure they'll catch me red-handed under a truck and without a ticket

Oh mama ...

The rain man gave me two remedies to ease my madness
The first was a southern remedy, the second pure gin
Like a madman, I made a mixture that strangled my brain
Now I see people uglier and I've lost the sense of time

Oh mama ...