I come into this world swinging like a whirlwind
Screamin’ at the top of my lungs
Born in the fifties, when I heard that sound
I had to turn it up when everybody turned it down
All I wanna do is rock,
Life’s too short to punch another man’s clock
I just can’t seem to stop,
I wanna roll when I’m old, bop till I drop
All I wanna do is rock
Well my friends back at school said I was a fool
when I quit and walked away from it all.
Now they’re workin’ nine to five tryin’ to stay alive
and I’m out here just havin’ a ball
When I look back on it now I swear I don’t know how
I ever made it out of there alive
Workin’ in the bars, stayin’ out all night while
my daddy said son you’re just wasting your time
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Sometimes I work so hard, I get so tired,
The only way to slow down is to drop.
It’s a young man’s game but I play it just the same
I live for the sound of the snare drum’s pop.
Nite after nite day after day if I had to do it over
I’d do the same damn thing
When the going gets tough I take it all in stride,
The road’s a little rough, but it’s one hell of a ride.
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