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    "Memphis, TN"genre: General Blues
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    The culture of the Mississippi neighbor is looked at in a piano song following a standard blues progression.
    MP3.com CD: Volunteer State - buy it!buy it!
    CD: Volunteer State   Label: Reformation Records
    Credits: written and performed by Benjamin Enoch

    Story Behind the Song
    Not being very fond of Memphis it was an interesting city to tackle in the Volunteer State line-up. Decidedly blues, the first version was played on electric guitar and sung in a delta blues falsetto. Although highly laughable, the first version was too much to bear and so it was replaced with real vocals and minimal guitar. Now it stands as a song based on the blues instead of a song giving the blues the finger.

    Lyrics
    Waitin'by the Mississippi, yeah
    waiting for you
    Waitin' by the Mississippi, yeah
    I'm waiting for you
    Don't think you're gonna show up
    maybe because I never asked you to.

    Mama, I told you that I loved you
    it didn't do no good
    Mama, I told you that I loved you
    it didn't do no good
    but I knew what it would do
    baby, yes I knew what it would

    Took a train down to Memphis
    or maybe it was a Greyhound
    took a train down to Memphis
    or maybe I rode a Greyhound
    I been here three days drunker than a rodeo clown

    Dr. King was shot here, the King lived here too
    Dr. King was shot here another King's palace is too
    why I decided to come here... Lord, I know not what I do

    Early is something you get up for,
    late-something you stayed up to see
    Early is something you get up for,
    late-something you stayed up to see
    I been up so damn late waitin' for you
    to come back to me

    People Over-dosed in Memphis, Tennessee
    People live in Days Inns in Memphis, Tennessee
    The Pyramid is far from ancient
    The Pyramid is far from Egypt
    but some unspeakable force brought me
    to Memphis, Tennessee
    Memphis, TN

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