The Sins Of Memphisto Lyrics by John Prine

The Sins Of Memphisto Lyrics

    From the bells of st mary
    To the count of monte cristo
    Nothing can stop
    Nothing can stop
    Nothing can stop
    The sins of memphisto

    Sally used to play with her hula hoops
    Now she tells her problems to therapy groups
    Grampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake
    Wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake
    I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush
    Wondering if it's possible if i could still blush
    Uh huh oh yeah

    A boy on a bike with courduroy slacks
    Sleeps in the river by the railroad tracks
    He waits for the whistle on the train to scream
    So he can close his eyes and begin to dream
    Uh huh oh yeah

    The hands on his watch spin slowly around
    With his mind on a bus that goes all over town
    Looking at the babies and the factories
    And listening to the music of mister squeeze
    As if by magic or remote control
    He finds a piece of a puzzle
    That he missed in his soul
    Uh huh oh yeah

    Adam and eve and lucy and ricky
    Bit the big apple and got a little sticky
    Esmeralda and the hunchback of notre dame
    They humped each other like they had no shame
    They paused as they posed for a polaroid photo
    She whispered in his ear "exactly odo quasi modo"

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