mississippi river railroad track want to go to memphis get my baby back get me a motorcycle take off tomorrow if it don t run i ll get me a car fill that car with gasoline do anything just to see her again mississippi river railroad track want to go to memphis get my baby back walking down the highway thumbing down the road got to get there how i don t know uphill downhill just around the bend got to go to memphis see my baby again leaving in the morning i cannot wait got to go to memphis see my baby today get me a ticket fly on a cloud airplane airplane help me out mississippi river railroad track want to go to memphis get my baby back