By: Jimmy Buffet, Michael Utley 

1986 

He's holed up down on Ramrod Key in the Tavenier Hotel 

Livin' out his loneliness like an oyster in a shell 

By days he pulls the trap line 

By night he lives alone 

Don't really feel like company it's just him and his fridge and his phone 



Chorus: 

Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 

That's where I'll be (that's where I'll be) 

I'm by the river (oooh oooh) please come back to me 

Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 

My wild days are through 

And nothin' replaces (oooh oooh) me next to you 



He's been there since she ran away 

She said she needs some space 

Occasionally she still calls collect 

From some god forsaken place 



Then one day a letter came 

Postmarked Tennessee 

And the envelope scent 

And the postage spent 

Well it lit up her old memory 



Chorus: 

Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 

That's what she said (that's what she said) 

Too much for a letter (oooh oooh) please come here instead 

Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 

My wild days are through 

Still nothing replaces (oooh oooh) me next to you 



(horn instrumental) 



(Meet me in Memphis) 



I know she could break my heart again 

But I'm gonna play and I'm gonna win 

Where Otis would play 

Da da da dock of the bay 



Meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 

That's where I'll be (that's where I'll be) 

I'm by the river (oooh oooh) you're by the sea 

Oh please, meet me in Memphis (meet me in Memphis) 

My wild days are through 

Still nothing replaces (oooh oooh) me next to you