Goin` down to Memphis — текст песни (Townes Van Zandt)

by Townes Van Zandt

Goin` down to Memphis
maybe get my ashes hauled
I can drive me a car
but I don`t need no car at all
I beleive I`ll ride that Memphis cannon ball


She runs so fast
you can`t catch her from behind
ah, she runs so fast
you can`t catch her from behind
but I`ll be there waitin`
for that little Memphis girl of mine


Why I left
guess I`ll never know
Why I left
man, I guess I`ll never know
sittin` here thinkin`
I`m one dumb-ass so and so


I`m headed back
that Memphis train
she leaves real soon
the Memphis train
sound like she leaves real soon
got nothin` to guide me
`cept the color of the moon
hangin` over Memphis


Headed down
where the Mississippi runs
boys I`m headed home
back where the Mississippi runs
I hear there`s some lovin` there
try to get me some


Headed down to Memphis
maybe get my ashes hauled
just don`t know
why I ever left at all
I`m gettin` on that train, man,
I ain`t even gonna call
be there `fore the break of day