It's clearly a break up and the mother doesn't want him to see his daughter. No girlfriend could be six years old!
I thought this song's name was 'Memphis Tennessee', not just 'Memphis'.
@Tiger King It was originally titled "Memphis, Tennessee" by CB but has been recorded by numerous artists (most successfully by Johnny Rivers in 1964) as "Memphis," and re-recorded by CB himself under that title. As for the song meaning, it is just as it sounds: through almost four verses you think it's a teenager or young man who can't see his girlfriend any more because of her stern, hating mother. Then you learn at the end that the man is in fact trying to get in touch with his daughter, whom he has lost in divorce (resulting in his now...
@Tiger King It was originally titled "Memphis, Tennessee" by CB but has been recorded by numerous artists (most successfully by Johnny Rivers in 1964) as "Memphis," and re-recorded by CB himself under that title. As for the song meaning, it is just as it sounds: through almost four verses you think it's a teenager or young man who can't see his girlfriend any more because of her stern, hating mother. Then you learn at the end that the man is in fact trying to get in touch with his daughter, whom he has lost in divorce (resulting in his now living with his uncle), and the girl's mother is in fact his ex-wife.
It's clearly a break up and the mother doesn't want him to see his daughter. No girlfriend could be six years old! I thought this song's name was 'Memphis Tennessee', not just 'Memphis'.
@Tiger King It was originally titled "Memphis, Tennessee" by CB but has been recorded by numerous artists (most successfully by Johnny Rivers in 1964) as "Memphis," and re-recorded by CB himself under that title. As for the song meaning, it is just as it sounds: through almost four verses you think it's a teenager or young man who can't see his girlfriend any more because of her stern, hating mother. Then you learn at the end that the man is in fact trying to get in touch with his daughter, whom he has lost in divorce (resulting in his now...
@Tiger King It was originally titled "Memphis, Tennessee" by CB but has been recorded by numerous artists (most successfully by Johnny Rivers in 1964) as "Memphis," and re-recorded by CB himself under that title. As for the song meaning, it is just as it sounds: through almost four verses you think it's a teenager or young man who can't see his girlfriend any more because of her stern, hating mother. Then you learn at the end that the man is in fact trying to get in touch with his daughter, whom he has lost in divorce (resulting in his now living with his uncle), and the girl's mother is in fact his ex-wife.