Released: October 26, 1973
Songwriter: Paul McCartney Linda McCartney
Producer: Paul McCartney
[Verse 1]
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, wanna stay alive, I wanna make this journey last
[Chorus]
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
Ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
And they're never gonna take her away
[Verse 2]
M6 south down Liverpool, where they play the west coast sound
Sailor Sam, he came from Birmingham, but he never will be found
Doin' fine when a London sign greets me like a long lost friend
Mister motor won't you check her out, she's gotta take me back again
[Chorus]
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
Ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
And they're never gonna take her away
[Verse 3]
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 carburetors blast
Slow down driver, wanna stay alive, I wanna make this journey last
[Chorus]
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
Ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
And they're never gonna take her away
[Outro]
Say bye-bye!
Bye-bye!
One, Two, Three, Four
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, wanna stay alive, I wanna make this journey last
[Chorus]
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
Ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
And they're never gonna take her away
[Verse 2]
M6 south down Liverpool, where they play the west coast sound
Sailor Sam, he came from Birmingham, but he never will be found
Doin' fine when a London sign greets me like a long lost friend
Mister motor won't you check her out, she's gotta take me back again
[Chorus]
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
Ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
And they're never gonna take her away
[Verse 3]
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 carburetors blast
Slow down driver, wanna stay alive, I wanna make this journey last
[Chorus]
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
Ain't nobody else gonna know the way she feels
Helen (Helen)
Hell on wheels
And they're never gonna take her away
[Outro]
Say bye-bye!
Bye-bye!
One, Two, Three, Four
more tracks from the album
The Paul McCartney Collection
- Bip Bop (Link)
- One More Kiss
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Country Dreamer
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- Helen Wheels
- Mamunia
- Let Me Roll It
- When The Night
- Single Pigeon
- My Love
- Big Barn Bed
- Mama’s Little Girl
- Mary Had a Little Lamb
- Little Woman Love
- C Moon
- The Mess (Live in The Hague)
- Mumbo (Link)
- Medley: Hold Me Tight/Lazy Dynamite/Hands of Love/Power Cut
- Loup (1st Indian on the Moon)
- Hot As Sun/Glasses
- Kreen-Akrore
- Valentine Day
- Momma Miss America
- Singalong Junk
- Mumbo
- No Words
- Little Lamb Dragonfly
- I Lie Around
- Get on the Right Thing
- Dear Friend
- Tomorrow
- Oh Woman, Oh Why
- Ram On
- 3 Legs
- Teddy Boy
- Oo You
- Man We Was Lonely
- Junk
- Every Night
- That Would Be Something
- The Lovely Linda
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
- Maybe I’m Amazed
- Too Many People
- Dear Boy
- Smile Away
- Another Day
- The Back Seat of My Car
- Ram On (Reprise)
- Bluebird
- I Am Your Singer
- Long Haired Lady
- Some People Never Know
- Wild Life
- Jet
- Eat at Home
- Love is Strange
- Monkberry Moon Delight
- Bip Bop
- Heart of the Country
- Band on the Run
From the albums
- Band on the Run (1973)
- The Paul McCartney Collection (1993)
- Band On The Run (25th Anniversary) (1999)
- Wingspan: Hits and History (2001)
- Motor Of Love (2005)
- Band on the Run (Archive Collection) (2010)
- The Black Album (2014)
Paul McCartney & Wings popular songs
- Band on the Run
- Live and Let Die
- Jet
- Silly Love Songs
- My Love
- Let ’Em In
- Let Me Roll It
- Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five
- Mull of Kintyre
- Dear Friend
- Arrow Through Me
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Bluebird
- C Moon
- Maybe I’m Amazed (Live)
- Rock Show
- Mrs. Vandebilt
- Wild Life
- Picasso’s Last Words (Drink to Me)
- With a Little Luck
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Give Ireland Back to the Irish
- Mamunia
- Junior’s Farm