[ar:Mott The Hoople]
[ti:All the Way from Memphis]
[00:36.99]Forgot my six-string razor hit the sky
[00:44.06]Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised
[00:50.52]Well I rang the information my axe was cold
[00:57.81]They said she rides the train to Oreoles
[01:03.64]Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail
[01:07.55]And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails
[01:11.15]'N I look like a bum 'n I crawl like a snail
[01:25.70]Well I got to Oreoles y'know it took a month
[01:32.99]And there was myguitar electric junk
[01:39.75]Some spade said Rock'n'rollers
[01:43.29]You're all the same
[01:46.89]Man that's your instrument I felt so ashamed
[01:52.41]Now its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
[01:56.60]Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
[02:00.05]'N you look like a star but you're still on the dole
[02:34.72]All the way from Memphis
[02:38.11]Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
[02:41.63]From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood
[02:48.30]Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
[02:52.06]As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold
[02:55.60]'N you gotta stay young man you can never be old
[03:02.51]Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll
[03:06.02]Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles
[03:09.54]'N you look like a star
[03:11.05]But you're really out on parole