[ti:Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Live)] [ar:Old Crow Medicine Show] [al:50 Years of Blonde on Blonde (Live)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Live) - Old Crow Medicine Show [00:06.60]Written by:Bob Dylan [00:13.20]Oh the ragman draws circles [00:16.66]Up and down the block [00:19.79]I'd ask him what the matter was [00:22.08]But I know that he don't talk [00:25.41]And the ladies treat me kindly [00:29.39]And furnish me with tape [00:32.43]But deep inside my heart [00:34.87]I know I can't escape [00:39.58]Oh Mama can this really be the end [00:44.56]To be stuck inside of Mobile [00:47.72]With the Memphis blues again [00:58.82]Shakespeare he's in the alley [01:02.25]With his pointed shoes and his bells [01:05.44]Speaking to some French girl [01:08.28]Who says she knows me well [01:11.81]And I would send a message [01:15.01]To find out if she's talked [01:18.15]But the post office has been stolen [01:20.45]And the mailbox is locked [01:25.07]Oh Mama can this really be the end [01:30.24]To be stuck inside of Mobile [01:33.17]With the Memphis blues again [01:44.97]Mona tried to tell me [01:47.94]To stay away from the train line [01:51.28]She said that all the railroad men [01:53.40]Just drink up your blood like wine [01:57.52]And I said oh I didn't know that [02:00.68]But then again there's only one I've met [02:03.79]And he just smoked my eyelids [02:06.51]And punched my cigarette [02:10.68]Oh Mama can this really be the end [02:15.80]To be stuck inside of Mobile [02:18.91]With the Memphis blues again [02:30.64]Grandpa died last week [02:33.78]And now he's buried in the rocks [02:36.96]But everybody still talks about [02:39.42]How badly they were shocked [02:43.32]But me I expected it to happen [02:46.42]I knew he'd lost control [02:49.53]When he built a fire on main street [02:51.84]And shot it full of holes [02:56.50]Oh Mama can this really be the end [03:01.46]To be stuck inside of Mobile [03:04.52]With the Memphis blues again [03:16.37]Now the senator came down here [03:19.47]Showing ev'ryone his gun [03:22.63]Handing out free tickets [03:25.04]To the wedding of his son [03:28.98]And me I nearly get bursted [03:32.01]And wouldn't it be my luck [03:35.25]To get caught without a ticket [03:37.35]And be discovered beneath a truck [03:42.18]Oh Mama can this really be the end [03:47.21]To be stuck inside of Mobile [03:50.37]With the Memphis blues again [04:02.15]Now the preacher looked so baffled [04:05.18]When I asked him why he dressed [04:08.34]With twenty pounds of headlines [04:11.54]Stapled to his chest [04:14.67]But he cursed me when I proved it to him [04:17.80]Then I whispered not even you can hide [04:20.93]You see you're just like me [04:23.27]I hope you're satisfied [04:27.24]Oh Mama can this really be the end [04:32.79]To be stuck inside of Mobile [04:35.92]With the Memphis blues again [04:47.61]Now the rainman gave me two cures [04:50.78]Then he said jump right in [04:53.90]The one was Texas medicine [04:56.20]The other was just railroad gin [05:00.21]And like a fool I mixed them [05:03.22]And it strangled up my mind [05:06.45]And now people just get uglier [05:08.72]And I have no sense of time [05:13.20]Oh Mama can this really be the end [05:18.53]To be stuck inside of Mobile [05:21.58]With the Memphis blues again [05:39.60]When Ruthie says come see her [05:42.59]In her honky-tonk lagoon [05:45.88]Where I can watch her waltz for free [05:48.68]'Neath her Panamanian moon [05:52.11]And I say aw come on now [05:54.94]You know you know about my debutante [05:58.21]And she says your debutante just knows what you need [06:00.65]But I know what you want [06:04.96]Oh Mama can this really be the end [06:10.12]To be stuck inside of Mobile [06:13.24]With the Memphis blues again [06:24.61]Now the bricks lay on Grand Street [06:28.16]Where the neon madmen climb [06:31.28]They all fall there so perfectly [06:33.72]It all seems so well timed [06:37.52]And here I sit so patiently [06:40.68]Waiting to find out what price [06:43.73]You have to pay to get out of [06:46.05]Going through all these things twice [06:50.47]Oh Mama can this really be the end [06:55.62]To be stuck inside of Mobile [06:58.76]With the Memphis blues again