Forgot my six-string razor hit the sky
Half way to Memphis 'fore I realized
Well I rang the information my axe was cold
They said she rides the train to oreoles
Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
' I look like a bum ' I crawl like a snail
All the way from Memphis
Well I got to oreoles y'know it took a month
And there was my guitar, electric junk.
Some spade said rock '' rollers, you're all the same.
Man that's your instrument. I felt so ashamed.
Now it's a mighty long way down rock '' roll
Through the Bradford cities and the oreoles
' 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 '' roll
From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood bowl
' you climb up the mountains ' you fall down the holes
All the way from Memphis
Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock '' roll
As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold
' you gotta stay young man, you can never be old
All the way from Memphis
Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock '' roll
Through the Bradford cities and the oreoles
' you look like a star but you're really out on parole!
All the way from Memphis