| She was just sixteen
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| And all alone when I came to be
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| So we grew up together
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| Our mama-child and me
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| Now things were bad and she was scared
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| But whenever I would cry
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| She’d calm my fear and dry my tears
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| With a rock and roll lullaby
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| And she’d sing
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| Sha-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
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| It’ll be all right
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| Sha-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
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| Just hold on tight
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| Sing it to me, mama
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| My, my, my, my, mama
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| Sing it sweet and clear
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| Oh mama, let me hear
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| That old rock and roll lullaby
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| (Instrumental Interlude)
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| We made it through the lonely days
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| But, Lord, the nights were long
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| And we’d dream of better mornin’s
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| When mama sang a song
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| Now I can’t recall the words at all
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| It don’t make sense to try
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| 'Cause I just knew lotsa love came through
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| In that rock and roll lullaby
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| And she’d sing
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| Sha-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
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| It’ll be all right
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| Sha-na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
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| Just hold on tight
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| I can hear ya, mama
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| My, my, my, my mama
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| Nothin' moves my soul
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| Like the sound of the good old
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| Rock and roll lullaby |