Memphis In the Meantime

Well, I got somethin' to say, little girl

You might not like my style

But we been hangin' around this town

Just a little too long a while

You say you're gonna get your act together

Gonna take it out on the road

But if I don't leave this town pretty soon

My head's just gonna explode

Sure, I like country music, I like mandolins

But right now I need a Telecaster

From a Vibrolux turned to ten

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl

I need a shot of rhythm, baby

Mixed up with them country blues

I wanna trade in them cowboy boots

For some fine Italian shoes

Forget the mousse and the hairspray, baby

We don't need none of that

Just a little dab'll do ya, girl

Underneath a pork pie hat

'Til hell freezes over

Maybe you can wait that long

But I don't believe that Ronnie Milsap's

Ever gonna do this song

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl

Maybe there's nothin' happenin' there

Maybe there's somethin' in the air

Before our upper lips get stiff

Maybe we need us a big ol' whiff

If we could just get off a beat, little girl

Maybe we could find the groove

We set to get ourselves a decent meal

Down at the Rendezvous

One more steel guitar chord, girl

I'm afraid it's gonna do me in

I need to hear some trumpet and saxophone

You know it sound as sweet as sin

And after we get greasy, we can come back home

Put the cow horns back on the Cadillac

And change the message on the Chordophone

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, girl