Around the time of clambake   Movie number twenty five   You and the lying Dutchman   Are still in overdrive      You're strong as when you started   Mississippi in your soul   You can still be Marlon Brando   And the King of Rock 'n' Roll      It isn't just the records   No, you must have Hollywood   The songs alone are not enough   That much is understood      You'll soon be back in Memphis   Maybe then you'll know what to do   The story lines they're giving you   Are just not ringing true      Oh, it's ways to go   Back to Tupelo   It's ways to go   Back to Tupelo      When you're young and beautiful   Your dreams are all ideal   Later on it's not the same   Lord, everythin' is real      Sixteen hundred miles of highway   Roll back to the truth   And a song to give your mother   In your first recordin' booth      Around the time of clambake   That old dream's still rollin' on   Sometimes there'll be the feelin'   Things are going wrong      Mornin' star is fadin'   Lord, Mississippi's cold   You can still be Marlon Brando   And the King of Rock 'n' Roll      Oh, it's ways to go   Back to Tupelo   It's ways to go   Back to Tupelo