Well I left him in Montana broke my heart to say goodbye I never thought I'd leave him there to start a brand new life I rented an apartment just a few streets off of Beale Thought a new direction might just help the way I feel Took a job here waitin' tables, man what a change of view From a small town near Missoula to the city of the blues I show up an hour early and my boss he thinks I'm great He don't understand it's just a habit I can't break 'Cause it's still Mountain Time in Memphis I thought I left it eighteen hundred miles behind 'Cause it's still Mountain Time in Memphis And I've still got a lot of heartache here to climb Well I haven't been to Graceland 'cause every time I think I might I wonder if he's lonesome and is he missin' me tonight He's a memory [unclear] can't help gettin' past Seems any time I want to I take turn that old clock back 'Cause it's still Mountain Time in Memphis I thought I left it eighteen hundred miles behind 'Cause it's still Mountain Time in Memphis And I've still got a lot of heartache here to climb I could say I'm gettin' used to these tall buildings in the sky But that would be a lie 'Cause it's still Mountain Time in Memphis I thought I left it eighteen hundred miles behind 'Cause it's still Mountain Time in Memphis And I've still got a lot of heartache here to climb And I've still got a lot of heartache here to climb