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JOHN PRINE lyrics : "The Sins Of Memphisto"

From the bells of St Mary
To the Count of Monte Cristo
Nothing can stop

Nothing can stop
Nothing can stop
The sins of Memphisto


Sally used to play with her hula hoops
Now she tells her problems to therapy groups

Grampa's on the front lawn staring at a rake
Wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake
I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush

Wondering if it's possible if I could still blush
Uh huh Oh yeah


A boy on a bike with corduroy slacks
Sleeps in the river by the railroad tracks
He waits for the whistle on the train to scream

So he can close his eyes and begin to dream
Uh huh Oh yeah


The hands on his watch spin slowly around
With his mind on a bus that goes all over town
Looking at the babies and the factories

And listening to the music of Mister Squeeze
As if by magic or remote control
He finds a piece of a puzzle

That he missed in his soul
Uh huh Oh yeah


Adam and Eve and Lucy and Ricky
Bit the big apple and got a little sticky
Esmeralda and the Hunchback of Notre Dame

They humped each other like they had no shame
They paused as they posed for a Polaroid photo
She whispered in his ear "Exactly Odo Quasimoto"

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