Old Rock'n Roller

He's just an old rock'n roller playing music in a backstreet bar

And he sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar

But he keeps on beltin' out them rhythm and blues

Long Tall Sally and Blue Suede Shoes

He just can't accept the fact that he's never gonna be a star

He's just an old rock'n roller playing music in a backstreet bar

He had a record in the sixties it was big enough to go Top Ten

And though he tried and he tried he could never make it happen again

He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride

Jerry Lee went country and Elvis died

Then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last

And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past

But sometimes late on a Saturday night when the crowd's out having fun

He steps to the mike with a gleam in his eye and once again he's twenty-one

And then it's Be-Bop-A-Lula and Heartbreak Hotel and That'll Be The Day

Then the Sweet Bird Of Youth just flies away

He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly

He ain't ever gonna make it but he sure did give it a try

So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud

And when it's time to go at least you'll go down proud

You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are

Just an old rock'n roller playing music in a backstreet bar

Just an old rock'n roller playing music in a backstreet bar