I'm leavin' here, mama, don't you wanna go? I'm leavin' here, mama, don't you wanna go? Because I'm sick and tired of this ice and snow When I get back to Memphis, you can bet I'll stay Say, when I get back to Memphis, honey, you can bet I'll stay And I ain't gonna leave until that judgement day I love ol' Memphis, the place where I was born Sure do love it, boy! I love ol' Memphis, the place where I was born Where my ...and drink my bottle of corn Ohh if I just can railroad there, it would be tight like that! That would get a break! Don't want no break, I want a freight! I wrote my gal a letter way down in Tennessee What'd it say? I wrote my gal a letter way down in Tennessee Told her I was up here hungry, hurry up and send some to me I'm gonna walk and walk til! I walk out all my shoes You be walkin' some! I'm gonna walk and walk till I walk out all of my shoes Because I've got what they call them leavin' gal blues Them leavin' gal blues