Old Rock 'n Roller Lyrics

He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in
a backstreet bar. He sings a little flat and he
never learned to play the guitar. But he keeps on
belting out them rhythm and blues, "Long Tall
Sally" and "Blue Suede Shoes". He
never faced the fact that he's never gonna be a
star. He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing
music in a backstreet bar.
He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough
to go Top Ten. And though he tried and he tried he
never could make it happen again. He's been living
twenty years on bourbon and pride. Jerry Lee went
crazy and Elvis died. Then his third wife left him
but he never really thought it would last. And now
she ain't nothing but another little blast from
the past.

But sometimes at night when the music and the
crowd is having fun, He steps up on the mike with
a gleam in his eye and once again he's twenty-one.
And then it's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and
"Heartbreak Hotel" and "That'll Be
The Day" Then the Sweet Bird of Youth just
flies away.
He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how
to fly. He ain't never gonna make it but he sure
did give it a try. So go dye your hair and turn
the music up loud, And when it's time to go at
least you'll go down proud. You ain't never gonna
be nothing but what you are Just an old rock 'n'
roller playing music in a backstreet bar. Just an
old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet
bar.