Last Train to Clarksville "Clarkesville", which is a much more rare spelling, now used only for a town in Georgia. Hart got the idea for the lyrics when he turned on the radio and heard the end of The Beatles' "Paperback Writer". He thought Paul McCartney was singing "Take the last train", and decided to use the line when he found out McCartney was actually singing "Paperback Writer". Hart knew that "The Monkees" TV series was being pitched as a music/comedy series in the spirit of The Beatles movie "A Hard Day's Night", so he was hoping that by emulating The Beatles, this song
Clarksville, Mississippi grave markers from as recent at 1988, indicating that the cemetery continued to be used long after Clarksville ceased to exist. Access to the former settlement is by Fort Adams Main Street, a dirt road which runs south from Fort Adams, then east along the north bank of Clark Creek. Several cottages and hunting lodges are located nearby, though nothing remains of Clarksville. Clarksville, Mississippi Clarksville is a ghost town in Wilkinson County, Mississippi, United States. Located directly on the Mississippi River approximately south of Fort Adams, Clarksville was one of the earliest non-Native settlements in Mississippi, and was considered