I can still remember when I bought my first guitar
Remember just how good the feeling was, put it prowdly in my car
And my family listened fifity times to my two songs repertoire
And I told mama her only son was gonna be a star
Bought all the Beatles records, sounded just like Paul
Bought all the Chuck Berry`s, 78`s and all
And I sat by my recordplayer, playing every note they played
And I watched them all on TV, making every move they made
Rock and Roll I gave you the best years of my live
All the dreamin` sunny sundays all the moonlit summernight
I was so busy in the backrooom writing lovesongs to you
While you were changing your direction and never even knew
That I was always just one step behind you
`66 Seems like the year I was really going somewere
We were living in San Fransisco with flowers in our hair
Singing songs of kindness so the world would understand
That 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 a lotts of tunes
And we must have played the wildest stuff we had ever played
And the crowds cried out for us, well we thought we had it made
Rock and roll I gave you the best years of my life
All the crazy lazy young days all the magic moon at night
I was so busy on the road singing lovesongs to you
While you were changing your direction and never even knew
That I was always one step behind you
`71 in Soho when I saw Suzanne
I was try it to go solo with someone elses band
She came on me lately, took her by the hand
I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand
And she followed me through London, through the hundred hotelrooms
Through a hundred record compagny`s, who didn`t like my tunes
She followed me when finaly I sold my old guitar
Remember just how good the feeling was, put it prowdly in my car
And my family listened fifity times to my two songs repertoire
And I told mama her only son was gonna be a star
Bought all the Beatles records, sounded just like Paul
Bought all the Chuck Berry`s, 78`s and all
And I sat by my recordplayer, playing every note they played
And I watched them all on TV, making every move they made
Rock and Roll I gave you the best years of my live
All the dreamin` sunny sundays all the moonlit summernight
I was so busy in the backrooom writing lovesongs to you
While you were changing your direction and never even knew
That I was always just one step behind you
`66 Seems like the year I was really going somewere
We were living in San Fransisco with flowers in our hair
Singing songs of kindness so the world would understand
That 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 a lotts of tunes
And we must have played the wildest stuff we had ever played
And the crowds cried out for us, well we thought we had it made
Rock and roll I gave you the best years of my life
All the crazy lazy young days all the magic moon at night
I was so busy on the road singing lovesongs to you
While you were changing your direction and never even knew
That I was always one step behind you
`71 in Soho when I saw Suzanne
I was try it to go solo with someone elses band
She came on me lately, took her by the hand
I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand
And she followed me through London, through the hundred hotelrooms
Through a hundred record compagny`s, who didn`t like my tunes
She followed me when finaly I sold my old guitar