Brian May - All The Way From Memphis - Текст песни

(Hunter)


Drums - Cozy Powell

Backing Vocals - Shelley Preston, Nikki Love, Becci Glover

Special Guest Raconteur - Ian Hunter



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 Oriole"


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 Oriole, 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 Orioles

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

Through the Bradford Cities and the Orioles

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