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Artist: Lyle Lovett
Canonical path: /lovett-lyle/i-ve-been-to-memphis
Related lyric paths: 6
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I've Been to Memphis
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I've Been to Memphis
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The sun comes up
In a coffee cup
Waitress please I've had enough
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to Memphis
And Muscle Shoals
And I love a woman
What I don't know
When the sun goes down
In another town
Bartender please another round
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to Houston
And San Antonio
And I love a woman
What I don't know
Sherry she had big ones
Sally had some too
But Allison had little ones
What hate to go to school
And I make my bed
Where I lay my head
And I wish I heard what she just said
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to LA
And El Paso
And I love a woman
What I don't know
Sherry she had big ones
Sally had some too
But Allison had little ones
What hate to go to school
And I make my bed
Where I lay my head
And I wish I heard what she just said
Lord I can't believe what I see
How could you be alone
When you could sit right here beside me girl
And make yourself at home
I've been to...
And where I go
I love a woman
What I don't know
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