| Long distance information
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| give me Memphis Tennessee.
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| Help me find the party
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| tryin’to get in touch with me.
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| She could not leave a number
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| but I know who placed the call.
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| But my uncle took the message
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| and he wrote it on the wall!
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| Help me information
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| get in touch with my Marie.
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| She’s the only one who’d phone me here
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| from Memphis Tennessee
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| Her home is on the Southside
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| high upon the ridge
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| just a half from a mile
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| from the Mississippi bridge.
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| Help me information
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| more than that I cannot add.
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| Only that I miss her
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| and all the fun we have.
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| But we were pulled apart
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| 'Cause her mom did not agree
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| Tore apart our happy home
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| in Memph. |
| Tenn.
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| Last time I saw Marie
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| she’s waving me good-bye.
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| With hurry homedrops on her cheek
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| that trickles from her eyes.
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| Marie is only six years old
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| information please!
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| try to put me through to her
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| in Memphis Tenn. |