| He’s holed up down on Ramrod Key in the Tavenier Hotel
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| Livin' out his loneliness like an oyster in a shell
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| By days he pulls the trap line
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| By night he lives alone
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| Don’t really feel like company it’s just him and his fridge and his phone
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| Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis)
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| That’s where I’ll be (that's where I’ll be)
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| I’m by the river (oooh oooh) please come back to me
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| Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis)
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| My wild days are through
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| And nothin' replaces (oooh oooh) me next to you
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| He’s been there since she ran away
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| She said she needs some space
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| Occasionally she still calls collect
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| From some god forsaken place
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| Then one day a letter came
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| Postmarked Tennessee
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| And the envelope scent
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| And the postage spent
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| Well it lit up her old memory
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| Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis)
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| That’s what she said (that's what she said)
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| Too much for a letter (oooh oooh) please come here instead
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| Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis)
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| My wild days are through
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| Still nothing replaces (oooh oooh) me next to you
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| (horn instrumental)
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| (Meet me in Memphis)
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| I know she could break my heart again
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| But I’m gonna play and I’m gonna win
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| Where Otis would play
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| Da da da dock of the bay
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| Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis)
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| That’s where I’ll be (that's where I’ll be)
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| I’m by the river (oooh oooh) you’re by the sea
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| Oh please, meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis)
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| My wild days are through
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| Still nothing replaces (oooh oooh) me next to you |