[ti:All The Way From Memphis] [ar:Mott The Hoople] [al:Greatest Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]All the Way from Memphis - Mott The Hoople [00:29.46]Forgot my six-string razor - hit the sky [00:35.02]Half way to Memphis 'fore I realised [00:43.00]Well I rang the information - my axe was cold [00:50.30]They said she rides the train to Oreoles [00:56.10]Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail [00:59.86]And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails [01:03.44]'N I look like a bum 'n I crawl like a snail [01:09.47]All the way from Memphis [01:18.83]Well I got to Oreoles y'know - it took a month [01:25.00]And there was my guitar electric junk [01:31.74]Some spade said"Rock'n'rollers you're all the same [01:38.54]Man that's your instrument" I felt so ashamed [01:45.34]Now its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll [01:48.96]Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles [01:52.08]'N you look like a star but you're still on the dole [01:57.62]All the way from Memphis [02:12.59]Yeah it's a mighty long way down rock'n'roll [02:16.05]From the Liverpool docks to the Hollywood Bowl [02:19.81]'N you climb up the mountains 'n you fall down the holes [02:25.21]All the way from Memphis [02:26.84]Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll [02:30.04]As your name gets hot so your heart grows cold [02:33.43]'N you gotta stay young man you can never be old [02:38.99]All the way from Memphis [02:41.05]Yeah its a mighty long way down rock'n'roll [02:43.80]Through the Bradford Cities and the Oreoles [02:47.35]'N you look like a star but you're really out on parole [02:53.00]All the way from Memphis