Memphis Tennessee Bio (Live In France 1979)

Memphis Tennessee 

Long distance information, give me Memphis
Tennessee
Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
She could
not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
'Cause my uncle took the
message and he wrote it on the wall

Help me, information, get in touch
with my Marie
She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis
Tennessee
Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge
Just a half a
mile from the Mississippi Bridge

Help me, information, more than that I
cannot add
Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
But we were pulled
apart because her mom did not agree
And tore apart our happy home in Memphis
Tennessee

Last time I saw Marie she's waving me good-bye
With hurry
home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
Marie is only six years
old, information please
Try to put me through to her in Memphis Tennessee

Bio

Lord have mercy, got
to tell it, tell it just like
it is, ev’ry word.

Yeah! I was living in St. Louis
In the year of nineteen fifty five
Mama didn’t have no great mansion,
Just a little old country dive.
Papa worked all week long,
Try to keep us six kids alive.

So I hitch hiked to Chicago
Just to hear Muddy Waters play
I sat and listened to him sing
Until the early hours of day
I asked him what I could do to make it
And it was he who showed me the way

I went back home and wrote a song
And made a record I could claim
The little tune jumped on the charts
And rode me right on up to fame
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It netted over ten thousand dollars
And added glory to my name

I was standing at the airport
With my guitar in my hand
And a first class ticket
Destination movie land
I will be in Hollywood, Mama
Before the roosters crow again

When I first started playing music
Over sixteen years ago
Every big town in the country
From St. Francisco to Baltimore
Trying to bring some happy hours
Doing the only thing I know

Can’t help it, but I love it
Stand here, sing to you
Brings back so many memories
Many things we used to do
'till I see you here again
Take care, good luck to you