Forgot my six-string razor and hit the sky<br />
Half way to Memphis before I realized<br />
Well I phoned the information / my axe was cold<br />
They said she rides the train to Oreoles<br />
<br />
Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail<br />
And the sun beats down on the cold steel rails<br />
And I look like a bum but I crawl like a snail<br />
All the way from Memphis<br />
<br />
Well I got to Oreole y'know / it took a month<br />
And there was my guitar, electric junk.<br />
Some dude said, "you rock'n'rollers, you're all the same, <br />
The way you play that thing." I felt so ashamed.<br />
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Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll<br />
Through the Bradford cities to the Oreoles<br />
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole<br />
All the way from Memphis<br />
<br />
Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll<br />
From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl<br />
You climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes<br />
All the way from Memphis<br />
<br />
Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll<br />
As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold<br />
And you gotta stay young man, you can never be old<br />
All the way from Memphis<br />
<br />
Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll<br />
Through the Bradford cities and the Oreoles<br />
'N you look like a star but you're really out on parole! <br />
All the way from Memphis