Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again - Alternate Take

The rag man draws circles up and down the block
 I'd ask him what the matter was, but I know that he don't talk
 And the ladies treat me kindly and they furnish me with tape
 But deep inside my heart, I know I can't escape
 Oh, mama
 This could be the end
 I'm stuck down in Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 Well, Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells
 Speaking to some French girl who says she knows me well
 And I would send a message to find out if she's talked
 But the post office has been stolen and the mailbox is locked
 Oh, mama
 This could be the end
 I'm stuck down in Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 Mona tried to tell me to stay away from the train line
 She said that all the railroad men just drink up your blood like wine
 And I said, "Oh, I didn't know that, but then again, there's only one I've met
 And he just smoked my eyelids and punched my cigarette"
 Oh, mama
 This could be the end
 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 Grandpa died last week and now he's buried in the rocks
 Everybody is still talking about how badly they were shocked
 But me, I expected it, I knew he'd lost control
 When he saw him build a fire on Main Street and shot it full of holes
 Oh, mama
 This might be the end
 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 Now the senator came here, showing everyone his gun
 Handing out free tickets to the wedding of his son
 And me, I nearly got busted, and wouldn't it be my luck
 To be caught without a ticket and be found beneath a truck?
 Oh, mama
 This could be the end
 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 Now the teen preacher looked so baffled when I asked him why he dressed
 With twenty pounds of headlines stapled to his chest
 And he cursed me out and said "Not even you"
 Oh, mama
 This could be the end
 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 Now the rain man gave me two cures, then he said, "Jump right in"
 The one was Texas medicine, the other was just railroad gin
 And like a fool, I mixed them, and it strangled up my mind
 And now people just get uglier, and I have no sense of time
 Oh, mama
 This might be the end
 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 When Ruthie says come see her in honky-tonk lagoon
 Where I can watch her waltz for free 'neath her Panamanian moon
 And I say, "Ah, I don't know, you must know about my debutante"
 And she says, "Your debutante just knows what you need, but I know what you want"
 Oh, mama
 This could be the end
 I'm stuck inside of Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?
 Seems so well-timed
 And here I sit so patiently, waiting to find out what price
 You have to pay to get out of going through all these things twice
 Oh, mama
 This might be the end
 I'm stuck here inside of Mobile
 With the Memphis blues again?