Memphis, Tennessee

(Chuck Berry)



Long distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee

Help me find the party tryin' to get in touch with me

She could not leave her number but I know who placed the call

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



Help me information, get in touch with my Marie

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

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

Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge.



Help me information, more than that I can not add

Only that I miss her and all the fun we had

But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree

And tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee.



Last time I saw Marie she was wavin' me goodbye

With hurry-home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye

Well, Marie is only six years old, information please

Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee.



So long distance information give me Memphis, Tennessee

Help me find the party tryin' to get in touch with me

Well, Marie is only six years old, information please

Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee...