Birth Of Rock & Roll
Carl & greg perkins
Well nashville had country music but memphis had the soul
Lord, the white boy had the rhythm & that started rock & roll
And i was here when it happened don't you all think i ought to know
I was here when it happened, yeah, yeah, yeah
I watched memphis give birth to rock & roll, lord, lord yeah.
Well the cat named elvis be-bopped in to sun right off the street
Sang ¡°blue moon¡± of oky but he did it with a brand new beat
Guess he sought him a sleeping world & out there by surprise
Jack ¡®em up, you rang them out & he' hung ¡®em out to dry
I was there when it happened, don't you all think i ought to know, lord, lord
Yeah i was here when it happened i watched memphis give birth to rock & roll
Here's kinda the way it happened
Well the drummer boy was the beatin' on the drums a rockin' & a goin' wild
The real city slicker was clickin' & clackin' & doin' it in a different style
Hit car strumming a beat & a pumpin' & the lead man picking out the blues
Hip-shaking singer was a swinging & a swinging saying some style blue suede shoes
And i was here when it happened, lord i think i ought to know, yeah, yeah
Folks i was here when it happened i watched memphis give birth to rock & roll
What you think about it little guitar c'mon son
Some folks called it the devils music others said it wouldn't last long
31 years since we started shakin' proves somebody was wrong
The 64's, the beatles & the four were rock & roll's best friends
The beatles & the stones brought the old beat home
And world went crazy again i was here when it happened
My friend i think i ought to know, yeah , yeah
Well i was there when it happened
I watched memphis give birth to rock & roll
Lord yeah, c'mon
