They Never Made It To Memphis-Juice Newton

[ti:They Never Made It To Memphis] [ar:Juice Newton] [al:Juice Newton's Greatest Hits - American Girl Volume Ii] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]They Never Made It To Memphis - Juice Newton (裘丝·纽顿) [00:10.07]Well she left St Louis in a Pontiac Tempest [00:13.26]Had her road map open red-lined through to Memphis [00:16.44]He was smokin' down the highway in a blue Cadillac [00:19.20] [00:19.79]He smiled as he passed her and she smiled back [00:22.51]So they made a little stop at the Dove Café [00:25.54] [00:26.05]To drink black coffee wile the hours away [00:28.91] [00:31.97]She said I'm going to see Elvis make my dreams come true [00:35.01]He said I can't believe it that's my dream too [00:38.66]Then they started talking 'bout the money they'd save [00:41.29] [00:41.88]If they rode together for the rest of the way [00:44.62]But they stopped to throw a penny in a wishing well [00:47.56]That sat out in the yard of a local motel [00:50.83] [00:51.69]They never made it to Memphis they never saw the king [00:56.42] [00:58.00]He saw a chance at heaven she saw a wedding ring [01:03.10] [01:04.36]They got as far as the altar it was a fast affair [01:09.22] [01:10.57]They never made it to Memphis but they didn't care [01:17.55] [01:30.37]Well they couldn't understand where the time had flown [01:33.56]It was nineteen-ninety and the kids were grown [01:36.54]One day she admitted that she still had the dream [01:40.16]'Bout heading down south to see the home of the king [01:42.91]So they dropped off the dog with old Auntie Kate [01:46.51]And headed down to Graceland twenty years late [01:48.94] [01:52.41]Well as soon as they hit that open road [01:55.42]Every twist and turn reminded them of long ago [01:58.57]He was thinking 'bout the kisses that he used to steal [02:01.74]It was getting real hard to keep his hands on the wheel [02:04.78]She looked as good to him now as she did back then [02:08.01]And they were sweet sixteen all over again [02:11.27] [02:12.02]They never made it to Memphis they never saw the king [02:17.20] [02:18.39]They made a little detour at the Dairy Queen [02:23.88] [02:24.70]They found the Wishing Well Motel they did it on a dare [02:30.00] [02:30.99]They never made it to Memphis but they didn't care [02:36.52] [02:37.14]They never made it to Memphis but they didn't care [02:43.03] [02:43.59]They never made it to Memphis but they didn't care