Called her from a pay phone down on Beale Street   On my way to Birmingham   Said she was tired of never seein' me   She needed more than a guitar man   As the lonesome notes filled the midnight sky   I wipe my tears and wish that I was      Anywhere but Memphis   Any other place would have made a difference   Way the blues pour out of the dives and bars   Ain't no place for a broken heart   She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas   Anywhere but Memphis      Wish she could have worked up her courage   Let me down in Little Rock   Or even as far back as Phoenix   When I stop to call from that truck stop   And telling me sooner was just too hard   She could've waited later to break my heart      Anywhere but Memphis   Any other place would have made a difference   Way the blues pour out of the dives and bars   Ain't no place for a broken heart   She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas   Anywhere but Memphis      Where the blues pour out of the dives and bars   It ain't no place for a broken heart   She could've told me in Baton Rouge or Dallas   Anywhere but Memphis