It's a long way back to Memphis
It's a long way to Arkansas
It's a long dirty road
Now my heads in the stones
And I'm leaving on my own
It's a long way to Missouri
Through the dusty Bible Belt
There's a preacher with a gun
So I'm still on the run
Yet my killing is done
With my maker on the horizon
I'm walking still shy of a prayer
Now I'm travelling home
With an absent throne
Singing I'll be back someday
To the blue skies of Memphis
With my sins laid bare
To the blue skies of Memphis
With my sins laid bare