You were a million miles behind And I was crying every time I'd leave you Then I didn't want to see you I still keep my watch two hours behind Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis That's where my family's buried and gone Oh yeah, last time I was there I noticed a space left, oh Next to them there in Memphis, yeah In the damn back lawn I didn't know that I was in the crowd And the fresh cut grass stopped growing Everything on my shelf has fallen I still keep my watch two hours behind Someone turned the lights out there in Memphis That's where my family's buried and gone Oh yeah, last time I was there I noticed a space left, oh Next to them there in Memphis, yeah In the damn back lawn Was that a bridge I was crossing Somewhere I stopped walking I guess I fell off on my own I heard all the roads, they lead to Memphis Except for the one I'm storming down And I'll be damned if I ever get this little son of a bitch from Memphis Oh, it's all there I guess, yeah And I haven't forgot