Lucinda Williams – Memphis Pearl (Guitar)

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Back in Memphis she was a pearl

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She was everyone's favorite girl

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Now her eyes have a vacant stare

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What she wouldn't give to be livin' back there

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She married a man when she left home

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She wanted someone she could call her own

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He was good to her when he wasn't drunk

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He'd hold her and tell her how pretty she looked

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Back in Memphis where she grew up

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The life she knew was just not enough

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Back in Memphis when she was a girl

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She thought one day she'd own the world

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She'd look at the TV and magazines

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And she'd believe all the pictures she'd seen

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She'd be wearin' silk and perfume so sweet

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But those things don't mean much out here on the street

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Back in Memphis she had fun

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Goin' around, tellin' everyone

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She was gonna buy dresses that zip up the side

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And wear red lipstick, have a nice car to drive

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She bounces her baby on her knee

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Sayin' maybe today we'll get lucky, you'll see

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I promise it won't always be like this

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Come here, sugar, give Mamma a kiss

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Back in Memphis another time

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Didn't look like things would turn out fine

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Back in Memphis when she was a girl

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She thought one day she'd own the world

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Back in Memphis she was a pearl