You were a million miles behind

And I was crying every time I'd leave you

Then I didn't want to see you

I still keep my watch two hours behind



Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis

That's where my family's buried and gone

Last time I was there I noticed a space left

Next to them there in Memphis

In the damn back lawn 



I didn't know that I was in the crowd

And the fresh cut grass stopped growing

Everything on my shelf has fallen

I still keep my watch two hours behind 



Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis

That's where my family's buried and gone

Last time I was there I noticed a space left

Next to them there in Memphis

In the damn back lawn 



Was that bridge I was crossing

Somewhere I stopped walking

I guess I fell off on my own 



I heard all the roads they lead to Memphis

Except for the one I'm stumbling down

And I'll be damned if I ever get this little son of a bitch from Memphis

Well it's all there I guess

And I haven't forgot