# Lyrics help please. What in the blazes is the chorus to Crocodile Rock? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 31, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969 "2010-12-31T17:52:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/1 "2010-12-31T17:52:31Z")
I kinda make it up as I go a long. Try rockin the sound of shock And your feet just can’t be still I never knew me a better time And I guess I never will Oh shorty momma! It’s kinda hot A snooty woman gets uptight I’m walking like Allah On a Saturday. . . NIIIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT! Please help me stop doing this. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/2 "2010-12-31T18:14:11Z")
Here you go: _Well Crocodile Rocking is something shocking when your feet just can’t keep still I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will Oh Lawdy mama those Friday nights when Suzie wore her dresses tight and the Crocodile Rocking was out of sight._ The rest of the song lyrics (and plenty more of Elton’s songs) are [here](http://www.eltonography.com/songs/crocodile_rock.html). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/3 "2010-12-31T18:17:49Z")
\*‘Dile rockin Is somethin’ shocking When your feet just can’t keep still I never knew me a better time And I guess I never will Oh Lordy, Mama! Those Friday nights When Susie wore her dresses tight ‘Dile Rockin’ was out of sight\* Youtube karaoke can be your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/4 "2010-12-31T18:43:30Z")
I dunno **Spoons** , **kaydad’s** words fit a whole lot better. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/5 "2010-12-31T18:49:14Z")
Well, we’re both pretty close, I’d say. At least neither of us reported that a snooty woman was getting uptight. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/6 "2010-12-31T18:51:20Z")
It never sounds to me like he’s fully pronouncing “crocodile.” More like “crile rockin was outa sight.” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/7 "2010-12-31T19:03:03Z")
from lyrics wiki I love this song. 😉 ``` [snip] Crocodile rockin' is somethin' shockin' When your feet just can't keep still I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will Oh Lawdy Mama those Friday nights When Suzie wore her dresses tight and uh Crocodile rockin' was-a out of-a sight [snip] But the years went by and the rock just died Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy Long nights cryin' by the record machine Dreamin' of my Chevy and my old blue jeans But they'll never kill the thrills we got Burnin' up to the crocodile rock Learnin' fast as the weeks went past ``` ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/8 "2010-12-31T19:08:09Z")
‘Cro’dile’ to my ear. Or ‘Cro’ile’. Definitely two syllables, though whether or not he pronounces the d seems to change from line to line. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/9 "2010-12-31T19:28:55Z")
I dunno if you know this **ace** but you can’t quote entire lyrics. I’ma have to report you to the fucking hall monitors. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/10 "2010-12-31T19:30:27Z")
That’s only half the song. The second verse isn’t complete either. There’s other entire verses I didn’t quote. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/11 "2010-12-31T19:45:37Z")
that’s what I hear on youtube. crile rockin in the chorus. All those words won’t fit the melody unless he shortens them. > [@Ellen\_Cherry](#): > > It never sounds to me like he’s fully pronouncing “crocodile.” More like “crile rockin was outa sight.” Is he talking about the song… _Rock Around the Clock_? Never been sure. > [@](#): > > While the other kids were rockin’ ‘round the clock > We were hoppin’ and boppin’ to the crocodile rock, well ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/12 "2010-12-31T19:51:17Z")
It sounds more like \* cril rockin’ th’ sounda shockin’\*. Elton John has always been a problem for me. I got a much older thread here about Goodbye Yellow Brick Road. Everyone was very helpful there but I still can’t get the words to the owl and the toad part to reconcile with what my ears are hearing. ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/13 "2010-12-31T20:46:15Z")
I always heard: _Sky rockets! On Friday night! And your feet just can’t keep still I never knew we were 'head our time And I guess I never will. Oh! some baloney! Friday night! Suzy wore that dress so tight! Cry Rockin on-a-ai-yai-yai-yai_ ---
**Author:** ![Wheelz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wheelz/32/5718_2.png) [@Wheelz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheelz)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/14 "2010-12-31T21:01:06Z")
It’s _something shocking_, huh? I always thought: _Crile rockin’, a-stompin’, chompin’ When your feet just can’t keep still…_ It kinda makes sense! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/15 "2010-12-31T21:34:00Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > That’s only half the song. The second verse isn’t complete either. > > There’s other entire verses I didn’t quote. 😉 Please link to the lyrics posted elsewhere, instead of quoting big chunks of them yourself. Thanks, **twickster** , Cafe Society moderator ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/16 "2010-12-31T23:58:18Z")
The real problem is somewho Elton manages to pronounce the word TIGHT in not one, not two but THREE syllables ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/17 "2011-01-01T02:44:24Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > I kinda make it up as I go a long. > > Try rockin the sound of shock > And your feet just can’t be still > I never knew me a better time > And I guess I never will > > Oh shorty momma! It’s kinda hot > A snooty woman gets uptight > I’m walking like Allah > On a Saturday. . . NIIIIIIGGGGHHHHTTTT! > Please help me stop doing this. This is some very funny shit. “Walking like Allah”: hahahahahahahahahahahaha! Oh, mercy me. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/18 "2011-01-01T03:54:54Z")
To me it sounds like he’s singing “Croc-o-di-ul” rapidly, each syllable on a 16th note, with "rock-in’ " syllables on 8th notes. ---
**Author:** ![jackdavinci](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackdavinci/32/3259_2.png) [@jackdavinci](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackdavinci)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/19 "2011-01-01T04:03:35Z")
Others have chimed in specifically so I will help generically. Typically, the easiest way to find lyrics is to search the term lyrics and whatever else you know for sure in quotes" : lyrics “Crocodile Rock” or : lyrics “Crocodile Roc” “Elton John” : lyrics “But the years went by and the rock just died” “Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy” If the last one doesn’t work, break it into smaller and smaller quotes : lyrics “years went by” “rock just died” Suzie “left us for” foreign ad infinitum… ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2011, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969/20 "2011-01-01T06:02:39Z")
He pronounces ‘crocodile’ in this song in exactly the same manner as we pronounced ‘alligator’ when playing 3 on 3 football in the park when I was a kid: “as quickly as humanly possible”…but if you squint your ears just right you can hear all four syllables. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lyrics-help-please-what-in-the-blazes-is-the-chorus-to-crocodile-rock/565969.md?page=2)