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Back to Tupelo Lyrics

Artist: Mark Knopfler
Album: Shangri-La

around the time of â‚¬Ëœclambakeâ‚¬â„¢
movie number twenty-five
you and the lying dutchman
are still in overdrive
youâ‚¬â„¢re as strong as when you started
mississippi in your soul
you can still be marlon brando
and the king of rock and roll

it isnâ‚¬â„¢t just the records
no, you must have hollywood
the songs alone are not enough
that much is understood
youâ‚¬â„¢ll soon be back in memphis
maybe then youâ‚¬â„¢ll know what to do
the storylines theyâ‚¬â„¢re giving you
are just not ringing true

oh, itâ‚¬â„¢s a ways to go
back to tupelo

when youâ‚¬â„¢re young and beautiful
your dreams are all ideals
later on itâ‚¬â„¢s not the same
lord, everything is real
sixteen hundred miles of highway
roll back to the truth
and a song to give your mother
in your first recording booth

around the time of â‚¬Ëœclambakeâ‚¬â„¢
that old dreamâ‚¬â„¢s still rolling on
sometimes thereâ‚¬â„¢ll be the feeling
things are going wrong
the morning star is fading
lord, the mississippiâ‚¬â„¢s cold
you can still be marlon brando
and the king of rock and roll

but itâ‚¬â„¢s a ways to go
back to tupelo

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