When she told me she was leaving, I told her I'd be fine   I guess I never thought she'd make it to that city limit sign   Lord, I waited twenty minutes thinking she'd come running back   But this fool got fooled 'cause she's already out there making tracks      She's just a mile outside of Memphis and I'm already out of my mind   I must have lost my senses to let that little girl leave me behind   I wish that I could stop her but I know that it's too late   Her mind's made up she's headed down that interstate   She's a mile out of Memphis and I'm already out of my mind      You gave her heartaches until she'd had enough   She laid her cards on the table and that's when she called your bluff   Oh, you never should have gambled what you could not stand to lose   And now you know why they call Memphis the home of the blues, oh yeah      She's just a mile outside of Memphis [unverified]      Lord, I wish that I could stop her but I know that it's too late   Her mind's made up, boy, she's out on that interstate   She's ain't a mile out of Memphis and I'm already out of your mind   Oh, I can't stop her this time   She's just a mile out of Memphis and I'm already out of my mind