I honky-tonked around Dallas,
I got in a poker game.
Well, somebody must-a been a-cheatin’,
I lost everything but my name.
Well, I walked half way to Memphis,
I finally got back home.
But I’d been better off where I was,
‘Cause here’s where things went wrong.
Gonna find my baby, gonna hold her tight
gonna grab some afternoon delight.
My motto’s always been; when it’s right, it’s right.
Why wait until the middle of a cold dark night.
When everything’s a little clearer in the light of day.
And you know the night is always gonna be there any way.
Somebody painted April fool in big black letters on a dead end sign
I had my foot on the gas as I left the road and blew out my mind
Eight miles out of Memphis and I got no spare
Eight miles straight up downtown somewhere
Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)
Woke up today
Feeling the way i always do
Oh, oh, oh
Hungry for something
That i can’t eat
Then i hear that beat
The rhythm of town
Starts calling me down
It’s like a message from
High above
Oh, oh, oh
Pulling me out
To the smiles and the
Streets that i love
I’ve been gone for so long, don’t it feel good to get back home
To the friends and the people that you’d love to see
There’s a twinkle that’s in her eye both smiling as you go by
They know what you what you really wanna feel