Memphis Pearl Lyrics - Singles - Lucinda Williams

Back in Memphis she was a pearl 

She was everyone's favorite girl 

Now her eyes have a vacant stare 

What she wouldn't give to be livin' back there 

She married a man when she left home 

She wanted someone she could call her own 

He was good to her when he wasn't drunk 

He'd hold her and tell her how pretty she looked 

Back in Memphis where she grew up 

The life she knew was just not enough 

Back in Memphis when she was a girl 

She thought one day she'd own the world 

She'd look at the TV and magazines 

And she'd believe all the pictures she'd seen 

She'd be wearin' silk and perfume so sweet 

But those things don't mean much out here on the street 

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Back in Memphis she had fun 

Goin' around, tellin' everyone 

She was gonna buy dresses that zip up the side 

And wear red lipstick, have a nice car to drive 

She bounces her baby on her knee 

Sayin' maybe today we'll get lucky, you'll see 

I promise it won't always be like this 

Come here, sugar, give Mamma a kiss 

Back in Memphis another time 

Didn't look like things would turn out fine 

Back in Memphis when she was a girl 

She thought one day she'd own the world 

Back in Memphis she was a pearl 

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