Midnight Train to Memphis Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was hiding from the sun once again
I was running from time my friend
I've lost another war
So I poured one more, and went home drunk again
She was up when the key hit the lock
And the clock looked at me just like the devil in disguise
I saw it in her eyes
She'd be gone before the evening

[Chorus]
So I poured another strong one
And chopped a line from here to Texas
Cause I've lost another good one
She's on the midnight train to Memphis

[Verse 2]
With a brand new start
I swore I'd love from the heart
I meant to change my ways
But I've seen better days
Than the one that's here this morning, mmhm
With a wife and kids at home
With a job somewhere on some assembly line
I wish I had that life
I bet you wish you had mine
[Chorus]
So let's pour another tall one
And chop a line from here to Texas
Cause I've lost another good one
She's on the midnight train to Memphis

[Interlude - David Spade]
Dude, what station is this, K snooze?
Kid Rock, I thought he was the American Bad Ass
He's putting me to sleep
Nudge me if he gets over five decibels
I knew his first album was the good one

[Verse 3]
But that's the way I am, and this is how I jam
All across the land from Alabam' to bandstand
Doped up rebel with an attitude, shit
So fuck a bitch, fuck a bitch, fuck a bitch
I won't switch, won't quit no vices
Flip the script cause I'm a slice the righteous
Haven't you heard I don't refrain
Free as a bird, and so I won't change
Living it up, giving it up, fucking shit up, what
I'm a run the track from the D to Nantucket
So fuck it, if you don't dig that you can suck it
Yeah, and it don't, and it don't
[Verse 4]
With an old suitcase
I swear I'll leave this place
I'll get you back in time
Can't drink you off my mind
So I'll see you when I'm sober

[Chorus]
I been looking for some reasons
But I ain't found one down in Texas
I been changing with the seasons
Walked in a new line back to Memphis

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On This definite gem from Kid Rock’s 5th studio album Cocky, Kid Rock goes on a more mellow serious song about losing his girl and trying to get her back until about half way through he is randomly interrupted by David Spade who criticizes him for being to mellow when he should be rowdy which then leads to Kid Rock beginning to rock it and take a break from talking about his girl to say that this is just how he wants to be and then he ends the song going back to talking about wanting his girl back but even in that section the electric instruments are still there.

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November 20, 2001
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