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
Wingspan: Hits and History
- Band on the Run
- Listen to What the Man Said
- Call Me Back Again
- Pipes of Peace
- Waterfalls
- Take It Away
- Tug of War
- Daytime Nighttime Suffering
- Coming Up
- No More Lonely Nights
- Goodnight Tonight
- Bip Bop/Hey Diddle
- Venus and Mars/Rockshow
- C Moon
- No More Lonely Nights (Playout version)
- Junior’s Farm (DJ edit)
- Let ’Em In
- Helen Wheels
- Let Me Roll It
- Rockestra Theme
- Girlfriend
- Every Night
- The Lovely Linda
- Hi, Hi, Hi
- Uncle Albert / Admiral Halsey
- Mull of Kintyre
- Maybe I’m Amazed
- Live and Let Die
- Too Many People
- Junk
- Man We Was Lonely
- Silly Love Songs
- My Love
- Tomorrow
- Another Day
- The Back Seat of My Car
- Bluebird
- Jet
- Heart of the Country
- With a Little Luck (DJ Edit)
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