Story Behind The Song
About leaving your hometown.
Song Description
Autobiography
| Song Length |
4:58 |
Genre |
Blues - Rock, Blues - Country |
| Tempo |
Slow (71 - 90) |
Lead Vocal |
Male Vocal |
| Mood |
Gloomy, Moving |
Subject |
Sadness, Sorrow |
| Similar Artists |
Ry Cooder |
Language |
English |
Lyrics
I was born in Memphis
In forty-nine
Turned sixteen
Didn't waste any time
Lord in leaving
It's a natural fact
I packed my bags
Never looked back
[Verse]
Well you're never a prophet
In your own hometown
There's always some fool
Trying to bring you down
And that's just one reason
I had to get away
And I'm never going back
Not even judgment day
[Chorus]
Never going back to Memphis
Never going back to Memphis
Well there's nothing there I miss
And I'm never going back to Memphis
Never going back to Memphis
Never going back to Memphis
Oh there's nothing there I miss
And I'm never going back to Memphis
[Instrumental]
[Verse 2]
And here's to Johnny
Gone all these years
I can still hear his harp
Playing in my ears
And I know how hard
He tried to get away
Well I guess he made it
But I'm sorry to say
[Chorus]
Never going back to Memphis
Never going back to Memphis
Oh there's nothing there I miss
And I'm never going back to Memphis
Never going back to Memphis
Never going back to Memphis
Well there's nothing there I miss
And I'm never going back to Memphis