[00:04.94] Long distance information, give me Memphis, Tennessee
[00:10.28] Help me find the party trying to get in touch with me
[00:14.82] She could not leave her number, but I know who placed the call
[00:20.05] 'Cause my uncle took the messages and he wrote it on the wall
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[00:30.16] Help me, information, get in touch with my Marie
[00:34.61] She's the only one who'd phone me here from Memphis, Tennessee
[00:39.65] Her home is on the south side, high up on a ridge
[00:44.75] Just a half a mile from the Mississippi bridge
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[01:19.53] Help me, information, more than that I cannot add
[01:24.28] Only that I miss her and all the fun we had
[01:29.24] But we were pulled apart because her mom did not agree
[01:34.19] Tore apart our happy home in Memphis, Tennessee
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[01:44.02] Last time I saw Marie, she was waving me goodbye
[01:48.44] With hurry home drops on her cheek that trickled from her eye
[01:53.88] Marie is only six years old, information, please
[01:58.45] Try to put me through to her in Memphis, Tennessee
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Charles Edward Anderson Berry (October 18, 1926 – March 18, 2017) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter who was one of the pioneers of rock and roll. Nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll", he refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive with songs such as "Maybellene" (1955), "Roll Over Beethoven" (1956), "Rock and Roll Music" (1957), and "Johnny B. Goode" (1958). Writing lyrics that focused on teen life, consumerism, and music...
