Back To Tupelo Lyrics - Shangri-la - Mark Knopfler

Around the time of clambake 

Movie number twenty five 

You and the lying Dutchman 

Are still in overdrive 

You're strong as when you started 

Mississippi in your soul 

You can still be Marlon Brando 

And the King of Rock 'n' 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 story lines they're giving you 

Are just not ringing true 

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Oh, it's ways to go 

Back to Tupelo 

It's ways to go 

Back to Tupelo 

When you're young and beautiful 

Your dreams are all ideal 

Later on it's not the same 

Lord, everythin' is real 

Sixteen hundred miles of highway 

Roll back to the truth 

And a song to give your mother 

In your first recordin' booth 

Around the time of clambake 

That old dream's still rollin' on 

Sometimes there'll be the feelin' 

Things are going wrong 

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Mornin' star is fadin' 

Lord, Mississippi's cold 

You can still be Marlon Brando 

And the King of Rock 'n' Roll 

Oh, it's ways to go 

Back to Tupelo 

It's ways to go 

Back to Tupelo