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   All the way from Memphis (all the way from memphis)   All the way from Memphis      Thank you and goodnight