[ti:Stuck Inside Of Mobile With The Memphis Blues Again (Live, July 16, 1988)] [ar:Grateful Dead] [al:Postcards Of The Hanging: Grateful Dead Perform The Songs Of Bob Dylan] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again (Live, July 16, 1988) - Grateful Dead (感恩而死) [00:19.30]Oh the ragman draws circles [00:23.19]Up and down the block [00:26.35]I'd ask him what the matter was [00:29.22]But I know that he don't talk [00:32.31]And the ladies treat me kindly [00:35.48]And they furnish me with tape [00:39.16]But deep inside my heart [00:42.02]I know I can't escape [00:44.95]Oh Mama [00:48.06]Can this really be the end [00:51.24]To be stuck inside of Mobile [00:54.89]With the Memphis blues again [01:03.84]Well Shakespeare he's in the alley [01:06.07]With his pointed shoes and his bells [01:10.09]Speaking to some French girl [01:12.58]Who says she knows me well [01:15.87]And I would send a message [01:19.05]To find out if she's talked [01:22.34]But the post office has been stolen [01:26.01]And the mailbox is locked [01:28.48]Oh Mama [01:31.68]Can this really be the end [01:34.80]To be stuck inside of Mobile [01:38.17]With the Memphis blues again [01:46.60]Mona tried to tell me [01:49.55]To stay away from the train line [01:53.30]She said that all the railroad men [01:56.19]Just drink up your blood like wine [01:59.36]And I said"Oh I didn't know that [02:02.17]But then again there's only one I've met [02:06.25]And he just smoked my eyelids [02:08.92]And punched my cigarette" [02:11.97]Oh Mama [02:15.13]Can this really be the end [02:18.27]To be stuck inside of Mobile [02:21.87]With the Memphis blues again [02:30.75]Grandpa died last week [02:32.99]And now he's buried in the rocks [02:36.87]But everybody still talks about [02:39.50]How badly they were shocked [02:42.75]But me I expected it to happen [02:45.92]I knew he'd lost control [02:49.21]When I speed built a fire on Main Street [02:52.40]And shot it full of holes [02:55.51]Oh Mama [02:58.72]Can this really be the end [03:01.77]To be stuck inside of Mobile [03:05.04]With the Memphis blues again [03:56.60]Now the senator came down here [03:59.71]Showing everyone his gun [04:03.42]Handing out free tickets [04:06.32]To the wedding of his son [04:09.42]And me I nearly got busted [04:12.67]And wouldn't it be my luck [04:15.93]To get caught without a ticket [04:18.96]And be discovered beneath a truck [04:22.36]Oh Mama [04:25.64]Is this really the end [04:28.47]To be stuck inside of Mobile [04:31.62]With the Memphis blues again [04:40.26]Now the T-Preacher looked so baffled [04:43.26]When I asked him why he dressed [04:46.99]With twenty pounds of headlines [04:50.29]Stapled to his chest [04:53.79]But he cursed me when I proved to him [04:56.05]Then I whispered and said"Not even you can hide [04:59.89]You see you're just like me [05:02.77]I hope you're satisfied" [05:05.81]Oh Mama [05:09.09]Can this really be the end [05:12.22]To be stuck inside of Mobile [05:15.51]With the Memphis blues again [05:23.99]Now the rainman gave me two cures [05:27.20]Then he said"Jump right in" [05:30.77]The one was Texas medicine [05:34.14]The other was just railroad gin [05:37.22]And like a fool I mixed them [05:40.02]And it strangled up my mind [05:43.42]And now people just get uglier [05:46.45]And I have no sense of time [05:49.53]Oh Mama [05:53.69]Can this really be the end [05:55.72]To be stuck inside of Mobile [05:59.27]With the Memphis blues again [06:07.47]When Ruthie says come see her [06:10.59]In her honky-tonk lagoon [06:12.22]Where I can watch her waltz for free [06:18.40]Neath her Panamanian moon [06:20.47]And I say"Aw come on now [06:23.22]You know you know about my debutante" [06:26.50]And she says"Your debutante just knows what you need [06:29.61]But I know what you want" [06:32.80]Oh Mama [06:36.22]Can this really be the end [06:39.31]To be stuck inside of Mobile [06:42.50]With the Memphis blues again [06:50.98]Now the bricks lay on Grand Street [06:54.13]Where the neon madmen climb [06:57.38]They all fall there so perfectly [07:00.99]It all seems so well timed [07:04.18]And here I sit so patiently [07:07.10]Waiting to find out what price [07:10.26]You have to pay to get out of [07:13.25]Going through all these things twice [07:16.30]Oh Mama [07:19.66]Is this really the end [07:22.79]To be stuck inside of Mobile [07:27.07]With the Memphis blues again [07:30.46]Oh Mama [07:34.50]Is this really the end [07:37.39]To be stuck inside of Mobile [07:40.56]With the Memphis blues again