All the Way from Memphis

Well, I rang the information my axe was cold

Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail
Man that's your instrument, I felt so ashamed
All the way from Memphis

All the way from Memphis
And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes

Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
Yeah, it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
Some spade said, "Rock and rollers, you're all the same"
And you look like a star but you're really out on parole
And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
And you gotta stay young man, you can never be old
And there was my guitar, electric junk
They said she rides the train to Oreoles

All the way from Memphis
As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold
Well, I got to Oreoles you know it took a month
Yeah, it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
Yeah, it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles

And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail
Now it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll
From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl

All the way from Memphis