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Good evening Memphis |
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How are we doing |
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Let's do it |
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Forgot my six-string razor and I hit the sky |
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Halfway to Memphis before I realised |
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Hey, I rang the information, my axe was cold |
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They said "she rides the train down to Oreole" |
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Well it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail |
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And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rail |
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And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail |
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All the way from Memphis |
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I got to Oreole, you know, it took a month |
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And there was my guitar, electric junk |
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Some dude said "rock'n'rollers, you're all the same |
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Man that's your instrument" I felt so ashamed |
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Now it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll |
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Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles |
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And you look like a star but you're still on the dole |
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All the way from Memphis |
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"Of course we weren't always superstars |
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There was a time when we were just ordinary commoners just like you" |
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Thank you Mr Hoople |
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Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll |
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From the Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl |
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And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes |
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All the way from Memphis |
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Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll |
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And your name gets hot and your heart grows cold |
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And you've got to stay a young man, you can never get old |
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All the way from Memphis |
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Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll |
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From the Bradford Cities and the Oreole |
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And you look like a star but you're still on parole |
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All the way from Memphis |
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All the way from Memphis |
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All the way from Memphis (all the way from memphis) |
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All the way from Memphis |
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Thank you and goodnight |
