The Sins of Memphisto-John Prine

[ti:The Sins of Memphisto] [ar:John Prine] [al:The Missing Years] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Sins of Memphisto - John Prine [00:20.00]From the bells of st Mary [00:22.69] [00:23.51]To the count of monte cristo [00:26.13] [00:27.34]Nothing can stop [00:29.05]Nothing can stop [00:30.76]Nothing can stop the sins [00:33.10] [00:35.29]Of memphisto [00:36.38] [00:42.72]Sally used to play with her hula hoops [00:46.16]Now she tells her problems to therapy groups [00:49.42]Grampas on the front lawn staring at a rake [00:52.96]Wondering if his marriage was a terrible mistake [00:56.32]I'm sitting on the front steps drinking orange crush [00:59.82]Wondering if it's possible if I could still blush [01:02.81]Uh huh [01:03.65] [01:06.02]Oh yeah [01:06.99] [01:09.69]A boy on a bike with courduroy slacks [01:13.41]Sleeps in the river by the railroad tracks [01:16.91]Waits for the whistle on the train to scream [01:20.17]So he can close his eyes and begin to dream [01:23.17]Uh huh [01:24.03] [01:26.59]Oh yeah [01:27.47] [01:29.97]From the bells of st Mary [01:32.74] [01:33.48]To the count of monte cristo [01:36.18] [01:37.39]Nothing can stop [01:39.07]Nothing can stop [01:40.72]Nothing can stop the sins [01:43.25] [01:45.32]Of memphisto [01:46.40] [01:59.34]The hands on his watch spin slowly around [02:02.60]With his mind on a bus that goes all over town [02:06.48]Looking at the babies and the factories [02:09.74]Listening to the music of mister squeeze [02:12.43] [02:12.96]As if by magic or remote control [02:16.08]He finds a piece of a puzzle [02:17.93]That he missed in his soul [02:19.47]Uh huh [02:20.38] [02:22.92]Oh yeah [02:23.77] [02:26.31]From the bells of st Mary [02:29.01] [02:29.80]To the count of monte cristo [02:32.47] [02:33.63]Nothing can stop [02:35.38]Nothing can stop [02:37.04]Nothing can stop the sins [02:39.40] [02:41.38]Of memphisto [02:42.72] [02:49.06]Adam and eve and lucy and ricky [02:52.54]Bit the big apple got a little sticky [02:55.44]Esmeralda and the hunchback of notre dame [02:59.15]They humped each other like they had no shame [03:02.51]They paused as they posed for a polaroid photo [03:05.99]She whispered in his ear [03:07.71] [03:08.89]Exactly odo [03:10.41] [03:12.39]Quasi modo [03:13.30] [03:19.46]From the bells of st Mary [03:21.95] [03:22.76]To the count of monte cristo [03:25.45] [03:26.56]Nothing can stop [03:28.29]Nothing can stop [03:30.01]Nothing can stop the sins [03:32.34] [03:34.39]Of memphisto [03:35.68] [03:41.95]Sally used to play with her hula hoops [03:45.39]Now she tells her problems to therapy groups [03:48.32]Uh huh [03:49.19] [03:51.60]Oh yeah