Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Rock And Roll, artist - Jimmy Rushing. Date of issue: 10.10.2019
Record label: Limitless Int
Song language: English
Rock And Roll |
| I can still remember |
| When I bought my first guitar |
| Remember just how good the feeling |
| To put it proudly in my car |
| And my family listened fifty times |
| To my two song repertoire |
| I told my mom |
| Her only son was gonna be a star |
| Bought all the Beatles records |
| I sounded just like Paul |
| I bought all the old Chuck Berry’s — 78's and all |
| I sat by my record player |
| Playing every note they played |
| I watched them all on TV |
| Making every move they made |
| Rock and roll, I gave you all |
| The best years of my life |
| All the dreamy sunny Sundays |
| All the moonlit summer nights |
| I was so busy in the backroom |
| Writing love songs to you |
| While you were changing your direction |
| And you never even knew |
| That I was always just one step behind you |
| Sixty-six seemed like the year |
| I was really going somewhere |
| We were living in San Francisco |
| With flowers in our hair |
| Singing songs of kindness |
| So the world would understand |
| To the guys and me you were something more |
| Than just another band |
| And then sixty-nine in LA |
| Came around so soon |
| We were really making headway |
| And writing lots of tunes |
| And we must have played |
| The wildest stuff that we had ever played |
| And the way the crowds cried out for us |
| We thought we had it made |
| Rock and roll, I gave you all |
| The best years of my life |
| All the crazy, lazy, young days |
| All the magic moon at night |
| I was so busy on the road |
| Singing love songs to you |
| While you were changing your direction |
| And you never even knew |
| That I was always just one step behind you |
| Seventy-one and so alone |
| When I met Susanne |
| I was trying to go it solo |
| With someone else’s band |
| She came up to me later |
| And I took her by the hand |
| And I told her all my troubles |
| And she seemed to understand |
| And she followed me to London |
| Through a hundred hotel rooms |
| Through a hundred record companies |
| Who didn’t like my tunes |
| She followed me when finally |
| I sold my old guitar |
| She tried to help me |
| Understand I’d never be a star |
| Rock and roll, I gave you |
| All the best years of my life |
| All the dreamy, sunny Sundays |
| All the moonlit summer nights |
| And though I never knew |
| The magic of making it with you |
| That I thank the Lord for giving me |
| The little bit I knew |
| And I was always just one step behind you |