All the Way From Memphis

Forgot my six-string razor

Hit the sky

Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised

Well I rang the information

My axe was cold

They said she rides the train to Oriole

Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail

And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails

And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail

(All the way from Memphis)

Well I got to Oriole y'know

It took a month

And there was my guitar, electric junk

Some spade said "Rock'n'rollers

You're all the same

Man, that's your instrument."

I felt so ashamed

Now it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

Through the Bradford cities and the Orioles

And you look like a star but you're still on the dole

(All the way from Memphis)

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll

From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl

And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes

(All the way from Memphis)

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold

And you gotta stay young man, you can never be old

(All the way from Memphis)

Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

Through the Bradford cities and the Orioles

And you look like a star but you're really out on parole!

(All the way from Memphis)