Mark Knopfler - Back To Tupelo (Remastered 2021)

Around the time of Clambake, movie number twenty-five You and the Lyin' Dutchman are still in overdrive You're strong as when you started, Mississippi in your song You can still be Marlon Brando and the king of rock 'n' roll It isn't just the records, no, you must have Hollywood The songs alone are not enough, that much is understood You'll soon be back into Memphis, maybe then you'll know what to do The story lines they've given you, they're just not ringing true Oh, it's a ways to go Back to Tupelo It's a ways to go Back to Tupelo When you're young and beautiful, your dreams are all ideal Later on it's not the same, Lord, everything is real Sixteen hundred miles of highway, road back to the truth And a song to give your mother and your first recording booth Now around the time of Clambake, that old dream's still rolling on Sometimes there'll be the feeling things are going wrong Morning star is fading, Lord, Mississippi and chrome You can still be Marlon Brando and the king of rock 'n' roll But it's a ways to go Back to Tupelo It's a ways to go Back to Tupelo