well it started out and went down south
took a left turned and headed on out
it was movin’ along very slow now
’cause it was travelin’ by word of mouth
made a short stop at new orleans
then it headed for the new york scene
and the people there they dug on it
’cause they found out just what it means
yeah to have rock ‘n’ roll music
sweet groovy music
well it’s the only kind of music yeah
that reaches right into your soul yeah
acome a pickin’ fella
and then he took it by the hand
he said now listen to me everybody
i got a message that you gotta understand
and then he took that brand new music
and he led it ‘cross the us of a
and now some folks laughed when they heard that sound
but it looks like it’s here to stay
and they call it rock rock ‘n’ roll music
sweet groovy music
well it’s the only kind of music yeah
that reaches right into your soul yeah
rock ‘n’ roll music
rock ‘n’ roll music
rock ‘n’ roll music
talkin’ ’bout rock ‘n’ roll rock ‘n’ roll music
i like rock ‘n’ roll yeah rock ‘n’ roll music
long live rock ‘n’ roll yeah rock ‘n’ roll music
talkin’ ’bout rock ‘n’ roll rock ‘n’ roll music
rock ‘n’ roll sweet groovy music yeah rock ‘n’ roll music
i like rock ‘n’ roll yeah rock ‘n’ roll music
i dig rock ‘n’ roll rock ‘n’ roll music
aw long live rock
Artist: The Turtles
Year: 1968
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 169