When I am gone
I know the waiting
Get's to you
It's like the world
stopped turning
You're frozen
no one seems to notice
The absence of the wind
I know you were only
It's the kind only
I feel out here
I don't wanna be alone
in Memphis
I don't wanna be alone
in New Orleans
I don't wanna dwell
in cheap motels
Dirty sheets and hourly rigs
I just wanna put the pedal
to the floor
Burn up the stage like
an old troubadour
I wanna get stoned
But I don't wanna be alone
in Memphis anymore
And I've been down
In Mississippi river towns
For far too long
There's something
about the night life
Something about this bar
There's something
in the music
The brass the drum beat
like a heart
It reminds me of your eyes
and cold black hair
I am growing ever lonelier
out here
I don't wanna be alone
in Memphis
I don't wanna be alone
in New Orleans
I don't wanna dwell
in cheap motels
Dirty sheets and hourly rigs
I just wanna put the pedal
to the floor
Burn up the stage like
an old troubadour
I wanna get stoned
But I don't wanna be alone
in Memphis anymore
I don't wanna be alone
in Memphis
I don't wanna be alone
in New Orleans
I don't wanna dwell
in cheap motels
Dirty sheets and hourly rigs
I just wanna put the pedal
to the floor
Burn up the stage like
an old troubadour
I wanna get stoned
But I don't wanna be alone
in Memphis anymore