All The Way From Memphis (Live at the Uris Theatre, New York, NY - May 1974)

All The Way From Memphis (Live at the Uris Theatre, New York, NY - May 1974) - Mott The Hoople

Forgot my six-string razor hit the sky

Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised

Well I rang the information my axe was cold

They said she rides the train to Oreoles

Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail

And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails

'N I look like a bum 'n I crawl like a snail

Well I got to Oreoles y'know it took a month

And there was myguitar electric junk

Some spade said Rock'n'rollers

You're all the same

Man that's your instrument I felt so ashamed

Now its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles

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

All the way from Memphis

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

From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood

Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold

'N you gotta stay young man you can never be old

Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll

Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles

'N you look like a star

But you're really out on parole