He's holed up down on Ramrod Key in the Tavernier Hotel Livin' out his loneliness like an oyster in a shell By days he pulls the trapline, by night he lives alone Don't really feel like company, it's just him and his fridge and his phone Meet me in Memphis, that's where I'll be I'm by the river, please come back to me Meet me in Memphis, my wild days are through And nothin' replaces me next to you He's been there since she ran away, she said she needs some space Occasionally she still calls collect from some god forsaken place Then one day a letter came, postmarked Tennessee And the envelope scent and the postage spent Well, it lit up her old memory "Meet me in Memphis," that's what she said Too much for a letter, please come here instead Meet me in Memphis, my wild days are through Still nothing replaces me next to you I know she could break my heart again But I'm gonna play and I'm gonna win Where Otis would play Da-da-da-dock of the bay Meet me in Memphis, that's where I'll be I'm by the river, you're by the sea Oh please, meet me in Memphis, my wild days are through Still nothing replaces me next to you