I CAN STILL REMEMBER
WHEN I BOUGHT MY
FlRST GUITAR,
REMEMBER JUST HOW
GOOD THE FEELING
IN MY CAR,
AND MY FAMILY
LISTENED FIFTY TIMES
TO MY TWO SONG
REPERTOIRE,
AND I TOLD MY MUM
HER ONLY SON WAS
GONNA BE A STAR.
BOUGHT ALL THE
SOUNDED JUST LIKE
PAUL,
BOUGHT ALL THE OLD
CHUCK BERRY'S, 78'S
AND ALL,
AND I SAT BY MY
RECORD PLAYER,
PLAYIN' EVERY NOTE
THEY PLAYED,
AND I WATCHED THEM
ALL ON TV, MAKIN'
EVERY MOVE THEY
MADE
ROCK AND ROLL
I GAVE YOU ALL THE
BEST YEARS OF MY
LIFE,
ALL THE DREAMY
SUNNY SUNDAYS,
ALL THE MOON-LIT
SUMMER NIGHTS,
I WAS SO BUSY IN THE
BACK ROOM WRITIN'
LOVE SONGS TO YOU,
WHILE YOU WERE
CHANGIN' YOUR
DIRECTION,
AND YOU NEVER EVEN
KNEW,
THAT I WAS ALWAYS,
JUST ONE STEP
BEHIND YOU
'66 SEEMED LIKE THE
YEAR I WAS REALLY
GOIN' SOMEWHERE,
WE WERE LIVING IN
SAN FRANCISCO, WITH
FLOWERS IN YOUR HAIR,
SINGING SONGS OF
KINDNESS SO THE
WORLD WOULD
UNDERSTAND,
BUT THE GUYS AND ME
WERE SOMETHING
MORE THAN JUST
ANOTHER BAND,
AND THEN '69 IN L.A.
CAME AROUND SO
SOON,
WE WERE REALLY
MAKING HEADWAY AND
WRITING LOTS OF
TUNES,
AND WE MUST HAVE
PLAYED THE WILDEST
STUFF WE HAD EVER
PLAYED,
THE WAY THE CROWDS
CRIED OUT FOR US,
WE THOUGHT WE HAD
IT MADE
ROCK AND ROLL, I
GAVE YOU ALL THE
BEST YEARS OF MY
LIFE,
ALL THE CRAZY LAZY
YOUNG DAYS,
ALL THE MAGIC
MOON-LIT NIGHTS,
I WAS SO BUSY ON THE
ROAD SINGIN' LOVE
SONGS TO YOU,
WHILE YOU WERE
CHANGIN' YOUR
DIRECTION,
AND YOU NEVER EVEN
KNEW,
THAT I WAS ALWAYS,
JUST ONE STEP
BEHIND YOU.
DO DO DO DO
DO DO DO DO
DO DO DO DO
DO DO DO DO
'71 IN SOHO, WHEN I
SAW SUZANNE,
I WAS TRYING TO GO IT
SOLO, WITH SOMEONE
ELSE'S BAND,
AND SHE CAME UP TO
ME LATER AND I TOOK
HER BY THE HAND,
AND I TOLD HER ALL
MY TROUBLES AND
SHE SEEMED TO
UNDERSTAND,
AND SHE FOLLOWED
ME THROUGH LONDON,
THROUGH A HUNDRED
HOTEL ROOMS,
THROUGH A HUNDRED
RECORD COMPANIES
WHO DIDN'T LIKE MY
TUNES,
AND SHE FOLLOWED
ME WHEN, FINALLY, I
SOLD MY OLD GUITAR,
AND SHE TRIED TO
HELP ME UNDERSTAND,
I'D NEVER BE A STAR.
ROCK AND ROLL, I
GAVE YOU ALL THE
BEST YEARS OF MY
LIFE,
ALL THE DREAMY
SUNNY SUNDAYS,
ALL THE MOON-LIT
SUMMER NIGHTS,
AND THOUGH I NEVER
KNEW THE MAGIC OF
MAKIN' IT WITH YOU,
THANK THE LORD FOR
GIVING ME THE LITTLE
BIT I KNEW,
AND I WILL ALWAYS BE
ONE STEP BEHIND YOU.
ROCK AND ROLL, I
GAVE YOU ALL THE
BEST YEARS OF MY
LIFE,
SINGING OUT MY LOVE
SONGS IN THE
BRIGHTLY FLASHING
LIGHTS,
AND THOUGH I NEVER
KNEW THE MAGIC OF
MAKIN' IT WITH YOU,
THANK THE LORD FOR
GIVING ME THE LITTLE
BIT I KNEW,
ROCK AND ROLL, I
GAVE YOU ALL THE
BEST YEARS OF MY
LIFE,
ALL THE DREAMY
SUNNY SUNDAYS,
ALL THE MOON-LIT
SUMMER NIGHTS,
I WAS SO BUSY IN THE
BACK ROOM WRITIN'
LOVE SONGS TO YOU,
WHILE YOU WERE
CHANGIN' YOUR
DIRECTION,
AND YOU NEVER EVEN
KNEW,
ROCK AND ROLL, I
GAVE YOU ALL THE
BEST YEARS OF MY
LIFE,
ALL THE DREAMY
SUNNY SUNDAYS,
ALL THE MOON-LIT
SUMMER NIGHTS,
AND THOUGH I NEVER
KNEW THE MAGIC OF
MAKIN' IT WITH YOU