Some people call it the rhythm,
some people call it the blues
Some people call it a pain in the ear,
some people call it bad news
Hey, if you call me whatever you want to
Just whatever you feel in your soul
Whoa, whoa, it's just that good old
American rock and roll
They took a holler from a
Mississippi cotton field
They took the thunder from
Niagara
Falls
They took a rattle from a
New
York subway train
And the funky alligator crawls
Then you find the beat of a bourbon train
In
Detroit and it's so low
And it's just that good old
American rock and roll
Well, hello, rock and roll
Tell me where you've been
Oh, buddy, sure we're good
Just to see you again
When the music starts stealin'
with your guitar screamin'
And the back beat takes control
Well, it's just sad good ol'
love and rock and roll
Well, now, some people like it a little
And some people like it a lot
Some people like it kind
of mellow and cool
Some people like it red hot
Some people like it kind of rowdy and loud
So they turn up the radio
It's just that
You don't know where I'm
from or where I belong
Well,
hello rock and roll, tell me where you've been
Oh, buddy, it sure is good just
to see you again
When the music starts stealin'
with your guitar screamin'
And the backbeat takes control
Well, it's just that good old
American rock n' roll
Yeah, it's just that good old
American rock n' roll
Oh -oh -oh!