All the Way from Memphis es la undécima canción del disco Another World, de Brian May.
Composición y producción
Escrita por: Ian Hunter
Producción: Brian May
Personal
Brian May - voces y guitarra
Cozy Powell - batería
Neil Murray - bajo
Shelley Preston - coros
Nikki Love - coros
Becci Glover - coros
Ian Hunter - anecdotista invitado
Información
* Canción original del álbum Mott, de Mott the Hoople (1973).
* Brian grabó la canción para un disco tributo a Mott the Hoople (Moth Poet Hotel, 1996)
Versiones oficiales de la canción
1) Versión de estudio (5:16): Undécima canción del disco Another World.
Letra de la canción
Good evening Memphis
How are we doing
Let's do it
Good
Forgot my six string razor
And I hit the sky
Half way to Memphis
'Fore I realised
Hey
I rang the information
My axe was cold
They said she rides a 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 says 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 Oriole
And you look like a star but you're still on the dole
All the way from Memphis, wow
Hey
All the way from Memphis
Oooh, gonna ride that train
Wooh-hoo, wooh-wooh, wooh-wooh
Wooh-wooh, wooh-wooh, wooh-wooh
Hey, hey, hey, hey
Of course, we weren't always superstars
There was a time when we were just ordinary commoners, just like you
Thank you Mr Hoople
And we used to eat
Well it's a mighty long way down rock 'n' roll, let's hear it
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 old
And you gotta 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 Oriole
And you look like a star but you're still on parole
All the way from Memphis (yeah, that's where I come from)
Wow, 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)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
All the way from Memphis (all the way from Memphis)
Hey, hey
Wow
OK
Yeah
Thank you and good night
