INTRO
In the Macon Terminal Station
there's ghosts beside the track;
they got on board a train one day
and they never never did come back, no.
Some went off for money,
and some went off for war;
some went for love, and some never knew
what they were going for.
I don't go for money, no,
and wars are all insane.
So you know why I'm gonna' get on board,
you know why I'm gonna' get on board,
gonna' get on board, gonna' get on board
that Memphis Pointed Train.

My angel called from Memphis,
she said, "Boy, you're overdue."
I said, "Angel mine, better get in line:
the rent's ahead of you."
She said, "I don't want your money, honey,
I want your sugar cane.
So drop that phone, start climbin' on
that Memphis Pointed Train."

Well, Macon, Georgia raised me
and Jesus made me smart
till Little Richard took my soul
and an angel took my heart.
So I played for dimes and quarters
down on Cherry Street Lane
and bought myself a ticket on
that Memphis Pointed Train.

I sat with Otis Redding
on Lakeside's Coke machine.
When Johnny Jenkins packed his axe
he was looking murder mean.
'Cause Otis hit on "Fat Gal,"
and he took that nowhere plane.
He shoulda' waited here in Macon for
that Memphis Pointed Train.

If there's a second coming,
if they're coming after me,
say I'm with an angel,
that I went to Gallilee.
Say I had a calling;
say I was ordained;
but don't tell the Lord that I got on board
that Memphis Pointed Train.

I'm bound for love and glory on
that Memphis Pointed Train.


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