WRITERS |
Paul McCartney and Linda McCartney |
ARTIST |
Paul McCartney and Wings |
RECORDED |
EMI Studios, Lagos |
RELEASED |
Single, 1973 Band on the Run US release, 1973 |
Said farewell to my last hotel
It never was much kind of abode
Glasgow town never brought me down
When I was heading out on the road
Carlisle city never looked so pretty
And the Kendal freeway’s fast
Slow down driver, want to stay alive
I want to make this journey last
Helen, hell on wheels
Ain’t nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen, hell on wheels
And they never gonna take her away
M6 south down to Liverpool
Where they play the West Coast sound
Sailor Sam, he came from Birmingham
But he never will be found
Doing fine when a London sign
Greets me like a long lost friend
Mister Motor, won’t you check her out
She’s got to take me back again
Helen, hell on wheels
Ain’t nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen, hell on wheels
And they never gonna take her away
Got no time for a rum and lime
I wanna get my right foot down
Shake some dust off of this old bus
I gotta get her out of town
Spend the day upon the motorway
Where the carburettors blast
Slow down driver, wanna stay alive
I want to make this journey last
Helen, hell on wheels
Ain’t nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen, hell on wheels
And they never gonna take her away