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 

[Repeat *]

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