I've been struggling up here, child, trying to make a living I've been struggling up here, child, trying to make a living He estado luchando aquí, niño, tratando de ganarme la vida Everybody wants to take, nobody like giving Everybody wants to take, nobody like giving Cada uno quiere no tomar, nadie como dar I wish I was in Memphis back home there with my Mama I wish I was in Memphis back home there with my Mama Lamento que yo no estuviera en Memphis en casa allí con mi Madre The only clothes I got left that ain't rags is my pajamas The only clothes I got left that ain't rags is my pajamas La única ropa me abandonaron que no soy harapos es mi pijama No brotherly love, no help, no danger No brotherly love, no help, no danger Ningún amor fraternal, ninguna ayuda, ningún peligro Just a great big town full of cold hearted strangers Just a great big town full of cold hearted strangers Sólo una gran ciudad grande llena de forasteros cardíacos fríos I went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better I went hungry in New York and Chicago was no better But today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter But today, my dear mother wrote and told me in her letter Pasé hambre en Nueva York y Chicago no era mejor Son, come back to Memphis and live here with your Mama Son, come back to Memphis and live here with your Mama Pero hoy, mi querida madre escribió y me dijo en su carta You can walk down Beale Street, honey, wearing your pajamas You can walk down Beale Street, honey, wearing your pajamas Hijo, vuelva a Memphis y viva aquí con su Madre You know home folks here, we let do just what you want to You know home folks here, we let do just what you want to Usted puede andar abajo la Calle de Beale, la miel, llevando su pijama And I born you and raised you right here on the corner And I born you and raised you right here on the corner Usted conoce a la gente de casa aquí, dejamos hacen sólo a qué usted quiere I'm going to leave here in the morning and walk down to the station I'm going to leave here in the morning and walk down to the station Y yo nacido usted y levantado usted aquí mismo en la esquina I've got just enough money to pay my transportation I've got just enough money to pay my transportation I'm going back to Memphis, back home with my Mama I'm going back to Memphis, back home with my Mama Voy a marcharme aquí por la mañana y andar abajo a la estación If I have to ride that bus barefooted in pajamas If I have to ride that bus barefooted in pajamas Tengo sólo bastante dinero para pagar mi transporte Back home in Memphis, no moaning and groaning Back home in Memphis, no moaning and groaning Vuelvo a Memphis, en casa con mi Madre I know everything will be all right in the morning I know everything will be all right in the morning Si tengo que montar aquel autobús descalzo en el pijama