ONE FOR % AND OTHER CANADIANS

[i***@invalid.invalid]

I came into town as a man of renown
A writer of songs about freedom and joy
A hall had been rented and I was presented
As a kind of a singer that all could enjoy

As I climbed up the stair to the stage standing there
It was obvious something was missing
I could tell by the vibes they wouldn't be bribed
They weren't in the mood to listen, they yelled out:
Play me a rock 'n' roll song
Don't give me songs about freedom and joy
Play me a rock 'n' roll song
Or don't play me no song at all

I played them some songs about peace and contentment
And things that I've come to believe in
When I was through to a chorus of boo
Some track star yelled thank God he's leaving

Now, someone play me a rock 'n' roll song
I've had it to here with your flowers and beads
Play me a rock 'n' roll song
Or don't play me no song at all

Well, if I played you a rock 'n' roll song
It wouldn't be fair, 'cos my head isn't there
So I'll leave you with your rock 'n' roll songs
And make my way back to the country

Still I hear, play me a rock 'n' roll song
Don't give me music that I don't want to hear
Play me a rock 'n' roll song
I should have stayed home, with a big case of beer
Play me a rock 'n' roll song

Or don't play me no song at all

Valdy - "Rock And Roll Song"

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On a long and lonesome highway east of Omaha
You can listen to the engines moaning out as one long song
You think about the woman or the girl you knew the night before

But your thoughts will soon be wandering the way they always do
When you're riding sixteen hours and there's nothing much to do
And you don't feel much like riding, you just wish the trip was through

Here I am - on the road again
There I am - up on the stage
Here I go - playing star again
There I go - turn the page

So you walk into this restaurant strung out from the road
And you feel the eyes upon you, as you're shaking off the cold
You pretend it doesn't bother you, but you just want to explode

Yeah, most times you can't hear 'em talk, other times you can
All the same old clichés, "is it woman? is it man?"
And you always seem outnumbered, you don't dare make a stand
Make your stand

Here I am - on the road again
There I am - up on the stage
Here I go - playing star again
There I go - turn the page

Oo-ooh, out there in the spotlight, you're a million miles away
Every ounce of energy you try to give away
As the sweat pours out your body like the music that you play, yeah

Later in the evening,as you lie awake in bed
With the echoes of the amplifiers ringing in your head
You smoke the day's last cigarette, remembering what she said
What she said

He-ey

Yeah
And here I am - on the road again
There I am - up on a stage
Here I go - playing star again
There I go - turn the page
There I go - turn that page
There I go, yeah, yeah
There I go, yeah, yeah, yeah
There I go, yeah
There I go, yeah
There I go, oo-oo-ooh
There I go
And I'm gone