When the whistle blows
And the cymbals crash
And the sparklers light the sky
I’m gonna raise the roof
I’m gonna to carry on
Give me an old trombone
Give me an old baton
Before the parade passes by!
Tradin’ my time for the pay I get,
Livin’ on money that I ain’t made yet.
Gotta keep goin’, gotta make my way
But I live for the end of the day.
'Cause it’s a five o’clock world when the whistle blows.
No one owns a piece of my time.
And there’s a long-haired girl who waits, I know,
To ease my troubled mind…
-“BB”-
Nothing matters but the weekend,
From a Tuesday point of view.
Like a kettle in the kitchen,
I feel the steam begin to brew.
Switchin’ to glide…
Hitchin’ a ride…
Sweet hitch-a-hiker,
We could make music at the Greasy King.
Sweet hitch-a-hiker,
Won’t you ride on my fast machine?
Hey well
I’m a friendly stranger in the black Sedan
Won’t you hop inside my car?
I got pictures, got candy
I’m a lovable man
And I can take you to the nearest star
I’m your vehicle, baby
I’ll take you anywhere you want to go
I’m your vehicle, woman
By now I’m sure you know
That I love ya (love ya)
I need ya (need ya)
I want ya
Got to have you, child
Great God in heaven you know I love you
In the day, we sweat it out on the streets
Of a runaway American dream
At night, we ride through mansions of glory
In suicide machines
Sprung from cages out on Highway 9
Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin’ out over the line
Oh, baby this town rips the bones from your back
It’s a death trap, it’s a suicide rap
We gotta get out while we’re young
`Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run
Yes, girl, we were
Like a true nature’s child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never want to die
Looking out on the morning rain
I used to feel so uninspired
And when I knew I had to face another day
Lord, it made me feel so tired
Before the day I met you, life was so unkind
But you’re the key to my peace of mind
'Cause you make me feel
You make me feel
You make me feel like
A natural woman (woman)
Double You Owe Emm Aye Enn.
People were proud in Doubleback Alley
Neighbors were loud but ever so pally
People would shout, joking about
The smoke and the soot, mother would put
The milk bottles out
We had a good time in Doubleback Alley
With fences to climb and Father O’Malley
To clip your ear and steer you clear
Of the funny man in the ice cream van
Who talked so queer
Doubleback Alley takes me back
And in my mind I see
Happy, smiling faces if I flog my memory
The day they knocked down the pally
Part of my childhood died, just died
Now I’m grown up and playing in a band
And there’s a car park where the pally used to stand
My sister’s married and she lives on an estate
Her daughters go out, now it’s her turn to wait
She knows they get away with things she never could
But if I asked her I wonder if she would
Come dancing
I’m just a wandering on the face of this earth,
Meeting so many people who are trying to be free.
And while I’m traveling I hear so many words.
Language barriers broken, now we’ve found the key.
If you want this world of yours to turn about you,
You can see exactly what to do, don’t tell me —
I’m just a singer in a rock and roll band.
-“BB”-
I love rock n’ roll,
So put another dime in the jukebox, baby.
I love rock n’ roll,
So come an’ take your time and dance with me.
I dig rock and roll music
And I love to get the chance to play (and sing it)
I figure it’s about the happiest sound goin’ down today
Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music, any old way you choose it
It’s got a back beat, you can’t lose it, any old time you use it
It’s gotta be rock and roll music if you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me.
So…rock me Momma
Like a wagon wheel
Rock me Momma
Any way you feel
Hey, Momma rock me…
Rock and roll band, everybody’s waitin’
Getting’ crazy, anticipatin’
Love and music, play, play, play, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
If there’s a rock show at the Concertgebow
They got longhair at Madison Square
You’ve got rock and roll at the Hollywood Bowl,
We’ll be there, oh yeah…
Darlin’, give me a head with hair, long beautiful hair,
Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen.
Give me down to there hair, shoulder length or longer,
Here, baby, there, momma, everywhere, daddy, daddy,
Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair,
Flow it, show it, long as God can grow it, my hair.