| What’s the matter with the clothes I’m wearing?
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| «Can't you tell that your tie’s too wide?»
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| Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
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| «Welcome back to the age of jive.
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| Where have you been hidin' out lately, honey?
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| You can’t dress trashy till you spend a lot of money.»
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| Everybody’s talkin' 'bout the new sound
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| Funny, but it’s still rock and roll to me What’s the matter with the car I’m driving?
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| «Can't you tell that it’s out of style?»
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| Should I get a set of while wall tires?
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| «Are you gonna cruise the miracle mile?
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| Nowadays you can’t be too sentimental
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| Your best bet’s a true baby blue Continental.»
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| Hot funk, cool punk, even if it’s old junk
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| It’s still rock and roll to me Oh, it doesn’t matter what they say in the papers
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| 'Cause it’s always been the same old scene.
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| There’s a new band in town
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| But you can’t get the sound from a story in a magazine…
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| Aimed at your average teen
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| How about a pair of pink sidewinders
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| And a bright orange pair of pants?
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| «You could really be a Beau Brummel baby
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| If you just give it half a chance.
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| Don’t waste your money on a new set of speakers,
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| You get more mileage from a cheap pair of sneakers.»
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| Next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
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| It’s still rock and roll to me What’s the matter with the crowd I’m seeing?
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| «Don't you know that they’re out of touch?»
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| Should I try to be a straight `A' student?
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| «If you are then you think too much.
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| Don’t you know about the new fashion honey?
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| All you need are looks and a whole lotta money.»
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| It’s the next phase, new wave, dance craze, anyways
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| It’s still rock and roll to me Everybody’s talkin' 'bout the new sound
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| Funny, but it’s still rock and roll to me |