| In the beginning back in nineteen fifty five
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| Man didn’t know 'bout a rock 'n' roll show, and all that jive
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| The white man had the schmaltz, the black man had the blues
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| No one knew what they was gonna do But Tschaikovsky had the news, said
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| Let there be light, and there was sound
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| Let there be sound, and there was light
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| Let there be drums, and there was drums
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| Let there be guitar, and there was guitar
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| Let there be rock
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| And it came to pass, that rock 'n' roll was born
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| All across the land every rockin' band, was blowin' up a storm
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| And the guitar man got famous, the business man got rich
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| And in every bar there was a superstar, with a seven year itch
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| There was fifteen million fingers, learnin' how to play
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| And you could hear the fingers pickin'
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| And this is what they had to say
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| Let there be light, sound, drums, guitar
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| Let there be rock
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| One night in a club called the Shakin' Hand
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| There was a 42 decibel rockin' band
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| The music was good, and the music was loud
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| And the singer turned and he said to the crowd
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| Let there be rock |