Artist: John Hiatt
Album: Bring the Family
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[Intro] x4
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[Verse]
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I got something to say little girl, you might not like my style
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But we've been hanging around this town, just a little too long a while
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You say you're gonna get your act together, gonna take it out on the road
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But if I don’t get outta here pretty soon, my head's going to explode
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Sure I like country music and I like mandolins
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But right now I need a Telecaster through a Vibro-lux turned up to ten
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Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby, a-how!
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Memphis in the meantime, girl
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I need a little shot of that rhythm baby, mixed up with these country blues
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I wanna trade in these old cowboy boots for some fine Italian shoes
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Forget the mousse and the hairspray sugar we don’t need none of that
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Just a little dab will do ya girl underneath a pork pie hat
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Until hell freezes over, maybe you can wait that long
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But I don’t think Ronnie Millsap’s gonna ever record this song
[Chorus]
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Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby
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a-Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl
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a-Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby
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Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl
[Bridge]
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Maybe there's nothin' happenin' there, maybe there's somethin' in the air
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Before our upper lips get stiff, maybe we need us a big ol whiff
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If we could just get off-a that beat little girl, maybe we could find the groove
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At least we can get a decent meal down at the Rendezvous
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'Cause one more heartfelt steel guitar chord, girl, it's gonna do me in
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I need to hear some trumpet and saxophone, you know sound as sweet as sin
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And after we get good and greasy, baby we can come on home
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Put the cow horns back on the Cadillac and change the message on the Cord-a-phone
[Chorus]
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Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby
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a-Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl
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Let’s go to Memphis in the meantime, baby
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Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl
[Outro]
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I'm a talking about Mem-------phis a-how, how