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A Memphis Girl

from First Day of Forever by Mark Hahn

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I drove into Memphis
Around half past 12
Had already been driving
All day long
Took a seat
Somewhere in the back
Of this old diner
Bobby Darin
Was playing on the jukebox
Yeah, it's how I expected
Memphis to feel
I thought, while drinking my coffee

The pretty waitress
Sat down with me
In the slick yellow booth
Talking about where
I was headed
While looking into each other's eyes
Two lonely people
Not knowing exactly
Where we were going

But I had a letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To go back home
Give it another try

The Memphis girl
Said she'd get off
In half an hour
And maybe, I'd like to rest
At her place
Across the way
Just hang out
See what happened

But I had a letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To come back home
We'd make it all work out

Then a group of drunks
Stumbled in
And the Memphis girl
Got up to take their orders
She looked so good
To me there

But I had a letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To come back home
Make it all work out

So I smiled as I passed
This Memphis girl
And headed to my car

Driving off into the night
Alone in the silence
Wondering
What would have happened
Had I stayed
And where I'd have ended up

But I had that letter
From my baby
In my pocket
Saying she wanted me
To come back home
Make it all work out

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from First Day of Forever, released August 29, 2019

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Mark Hahn Tucson, Arizona

Tucson artist and writer, Mark Hahn, grew up in Detroit MI, studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and has traveled, lived and worked in many major cities across Europe and the United States. He has now settled in Tucson and spends his time focusing on varied creative projects while exploring the Sonoran Desert and the broken down mining towns that are scattered around the Southern AZ landscape. ... more

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