All the Way from Memphis

Forgot my six-string razor, hit the sky

Halfway to Memphis 'fore I realized

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 and 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 and 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 and 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