Forgot my six-string razor, hit the sky   Half way to Memphis 'fore I realized   Well, I rang the information my axe was cold   They said she rides the train to Oreoles      Now it's a mighty long way down the dusty trail   And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails   And I look like a bum and I crawl like a snail   All the way from Memphis      Well, I got to Oreoles you know it took a month   And there was my guitar, electric junk   Some spade said, "Rock and 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      Yeah, 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      Yeah, it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll   As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold   And you gotta stay young man, you can never be old   All the way from Memphis      Yeah, 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 really out on parole   All the way from Memphis