All The Way From Memphis - Ian Hunter

Forgot my six-string razor

And hit the sky

Half way to Memphis

'Fore I realized

I rang the Information

My axe was cold

They said she rides a train

Down to Oriole

Well it’s a mighty long way down the dusty trail

And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rail

An' I look like a bum an' I crawl like a snail

All the way from Memphis

I got to Oriole — you know

It took a month

An' there was my guitar

Electric Junk

Some dude says 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' 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

Well it’s a mighty long way down Rock 'n' Roll

From the Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl

An' you climb up the mountains an' you fall down the holes

All the way from Memphis

Well it’s a mighty long way down Rock 'n' Roll

An' your name gets hot and your heart grows cold

An' you gotta stay a young man — you can never get old

All the way from Memphis

It’s a mighty long way down Rock 'n' Roll

From the Bradford Cities an' the Orioles

An' you look like a star but you’re still on parole

All the way from Memphis

All the way from Memphis —

All the way from Memphis!