Forgot my six-string razor hit the skyHalf way to Memphis 'fore I realizedWell I rang the information my axe was coldThey said she rides the train to oreolesNow it's a mighty long way down the dusty trailAnd the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails'n I look like a bum 'n I crawl like a snailAll the way from MemphisWell I got to oreoles y'know it took a monthAnd there was my guitar, electric junk.Some spade said rock 'n' 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' rollThrough the Bradford cities and the oreoles'n you look like a star but you're still on the doleAll the way from MemphisYeah it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' rollFrom the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood bowl'n you climb up the mountains 'n you fall down the holesAll the way from MemphisYeah it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' rollAs your name gets hot so your heart grows cold'n you gotta stay young man, you can never be oldAll the way from MemphisYeah it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' rollThrough the Bradford cities and the oreoles'n you look like a star but you're really out on parole!All the way from Memphis
