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Artist/Band: Mark Knopfler
Lyrics for Song: Back To Tupelo
Lyrics for Album: One Take Radio Sessions [2005]



around the time of 'clambake'

movie number twenty-five

you and the lying dutchman

are still in overdrive

you're as strong as when you started

mississippi in your soul

you can still be marlon brando

and the king of rock and roll



it isn't just the records

no, you must have hollywood

the songs alone are not enough

that much is understood

you'll soon be back in memphis

maybe then you'll know what to do

the storylines they're giving you

are just not ringing true



oh, it's a ways to go

back to tupelo



when you're young and beautiful

your dreams are all ideals

later on it's not the same

lord, everything is real

sixteen hundred miles of highway

roll back to the truth

and a song to give your mother

in your first recording booth



around the time of 'clambake'

that old dream's still rolling on

sometimes there'll be the feeling

things are going wrong

the morning star is fading

lord, the mississippi's cold

you can still be marlon brando

and the king of rock and roll



but it's a ways to go

back to tupelo


Album Lyrics: One Take Radio Sessions [2005]


Mark Knopfler
"One Take Radio Sessions [2005]"


1. Back To Tupelo
2. Donegan's Gone
3. Everybody Pays
4. Rudiger
5. Song For Sonny Liston
6. Stand Up Guy