[ti:Furry Sings The Blues (Concert Version)] [ar:The Band] [al:The Last Waltz] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Furry Sings the Blues (Concert Version) - The Band [00:15.86]Old Beale Street is coming down [00:20.47]Sweeties' Snack Bar boarded up now [00:24.88]And Egles The Tailor and the Shine Boy's gone [00:29.03]Faded out with ragtime blues [00:34.15]Handy's cast in bronze [00:37.45]And he's standing in a little park [00:40.24]With a trumpet in his hand [00:42.78]Like he's listening back to the good old bands [00:47.33]And the click of high heeled shoes [00:51.22]Old Furry sings the blues [00:54.34]Propped up in his bed [00:57.08]With his dentures and his leg removed [01:00.66]And Ginny's there [01:02.58]For her kindness and Furry's beer [01:06.00]She's the old man's angel overseer [01:19.60]Pawn shops glitter like gold tooth caps [01:23.96]In the grey decay [01:25.85]They chew the last few dollars off [01:28.64]Old Beale Street's carcass [01:32.62]Carrion and mercy [01:37.82]Blue and silver sparkling drums [01:42.88]Cheap guitars eye shades and guns [01:46.92]Aimed at the hot blood of being no one [01:50.95]Down and out in Memphis Tennessee [01:54.06]Old Furry sings the blues [01:58.04]You bring him smoke and drink and he'll play for you [02:03.32]Lt's mostly muttering now and sideshow spiel [02:09.05]But there was one song he played [02:11.74]I could really feel [02:31.46]There's a double bill murder at the New Daisy [02:35.74]The old girl's silent across the street [02:39.21]She's silent - waiting for the wrecker's beat [02:43.84]Silent - staring ar her stolen name [02:49.12]Diamond boys and satin dolls [02:53.47]Bourbon laughter- ghosts - history falls [02:58.32]To parking lots and shopping malls [03:01.66]As they tear down old Beale Street [03:04.86]Old Furry sings the blues [03:10.18]He points a bony finger at you and [03:13.42]I don't like you [03:14.54]Everybody laughs as if it's the old man's standard joke [03:18.72]But it's true [03:19.93]We're only welcome for our drink and smoke [03:32.72]W C Handy I'm rich and I'm fay [03:37.94]And I'm not familiar with what you played [03:40.17]But I get such strong impressions of your hey day [03:45.88]Looking up and down old Beale Street [03:50.28]Ghosts of the darktown society [03:54.44]Come right out of the bricks at me [03:57.75]Like it's a Saturday night [03:59.87]They're in their finery [04:03.47]Dancing it up and making deals [04:07.09]Furry sings the blues [04:10.15]Why should I expect that old guy to give it to me true [04:15.85]Fallen to hard luck [04:17.53]And time and other thieves [04:21.53]While our limo is shining on his shanty street [04:24.84]Old Furry sings the blues