Roy Orbison – Memphis Tennessee (Guitar)

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Long Distance Information, give me Memphis, Tennessee.

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Help me find the party that tried to get in touch with me.

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She could not leave her number, but I know the place to call,

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my uncle took the message, and he wrote it on the wall.

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Help me information, get in touch with my Marie.

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She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis, Tennessee.

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Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge,

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Just a half a mile from the Mississippi Bridge.

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The last time I saw Marie, she was waving me goodbye,

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With "hurry home" drops on her cheeks that trickled from her eyes.

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We were thorn apart cause her mom could not agree

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Thorn apaart our happy home in Memphis Tennessee

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Help me, information, more than that I cannot add

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Only that I miss her and all the fun we had

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Marie is only 6 years old, information, please

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Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee