If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis I'll never do nothin like this If I can make it back to Memphis one more time I went down to the corner, I called by buddy Ray Said it's a bad idea, but let's do it anyway So we called in sick, and put a twenty in his Cadillac A hurried note to my baby, I swear I'll be right back We started headin south on highway 61 Been a long time, since we made this run They got riverboat gamblin, and tunes along the Mississippi Now I'm praying to god, lady luck is with me If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis I'll never do nothin like this If I can make it back to Memphis one more time Had a little luck, early in the night I was up a thousand dollars, high as a kite Then I blew all on one last hand of Texas hold'em I should have listened to my gut, and it said fold'em Wasn't keeping track, of just how much I drank Should have stashed another twenty in Ray's gas tank Now the needles on empty, I can see it by the light of the moon And if we make it back to Memphis, we're gonna have to make it on fumes If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis I swear I'll never do nothin like this If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis I'll never do nothin like this If I can make it back to Memphis one more time If I can make it back to Memphis I said I'll never do nothin like this If I can make it back to Memphis one more time