Lucinda Williams
Memphis Pearl 


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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

SOLO

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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