All The Way From Memphis

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Good evening Memphis

How are we doing

Let's do it

Forgot my six-string razor and I hit the sky

Halfway to Memphis before I realised

Hey, I rang the information, my axe was cold

They said "she rides the train down to Oreole"

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

And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rail

And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail

All the way from Memphis

I got to Oreole, you know, it took a month

And there was my guitar, electric junk

Some dude 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'roll

Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles

And you look like a star but you're still on the dole

All the way from Memphis

"Of course we weren't always superstars

There was a time when we were just ordinary commoners just like you"

Thank you Mr Hoople

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

From the Liverpool Docks to the Hollywood Bowl

And you climb up the mountains and you fall down the holes

All the way from Memphis

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

And your name gets hot and your heart grows cold

And you've got to stay a young man, you can never get old

All the way from Memphis

Well it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

From the Bradford Cities and the Oreole

And you look like a star but you're still on parole

All the way from Memphis

All the way from Memphis

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All the way from Memphis

Thank you and goodnight