You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds - invaded by Mars
You made them laugh, you made them cry
You made us feel like we could fly
(Radio)
Oh play me some mountain music.
Like Grandma and Grandpa used to play.
Then I’ll float on down the river to the Cajun hideaway.
Sitting round singing songs 'til the night turns into day
Used to sing about the mountains but the mountains washed away
Now I’m singing all my songs to the girl who won my heart
She is only three years old and it’s a real fine way to start
He got the action, he got the motion
Oh yeah, the boy can play
Dedication, devotion
Turning all the night time into the day
He was the nazz
With God-given ass
He took it all too far
But boy, could he play guitar
Bought a beat up six string in a secondhand store
Didn’t know how to play it, but he knew for sure
That one guitar felt good in his hands
Didn’t take long to understand
Just one guitar, slung way down low
Was a one-way ticket, only one way to go
Deep down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy named Johnny B. Goode
Who never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar just like a ringing a bell
This old guitar taught me to sing a love song
It showed me how to laugh and how to cry
It introduced me to some friends of mine
And brightened up some days
It helped me make it through some lonely nights
Oh, what a friend to have on a cold and lonely night
Thought it’s cold and lonely in the deep dark night
I can see paradise by the dashboard light
I’m
just
an
or-di-na-ry
guy…
BURNING DOWN THE HOUSE!
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire,
We don’t need no water let the motherfucker burn,
Burn motherfucker burn.
Burn, Hollywood burn
I smell a riot goin’ on
First they’re guilty, now they’re gone
Yeah I’ll check out a movie
But it’ll take a black one to move me
Get me the hell away from this TV
All this news and views are beneath me
You will not be able to stay home, brother
You will not be able to plug in, turn on and drop out
You will not be able to lose yourself on skag and skip
Skip out for beer during commercials
Because the revolution will not be televised
You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
Inner revolution, shake it up baby
There’s something in your life you don’t like,
You got the power to change it
You can’t fix it with a drug, can’t kill it with a gun
Inner revolution, that’s the way it’s done
I see no changes, wake up in the morning and I ask myself
Is life worth living, should I blast myself?
I’m tired of bein’ poor and even worse I’m black
My stomach hurts, so I’m lookin’ for a purse to snatch
I don’t know who’s right or who’s wrong
It doesn’t really matter when you’re lying in the gutter
It’s a see saw
A long hot battle with the cold law
Is what you get for messing with the steel claw
I fight authority, authority always wins
I fight authority, authority always wins
I been doing it, since I was a young kid
I’ve come out grinnin’
I fight authority, authority always wins
Respect the badge - he earned it with his blood
Fear the gun - your sentence may be death because - I AM THE LAW
And you won’t fuck around no more - I AM THE LAW
I judge the rich, I judge the poor - I AM THE LAW
Commit a crime I’ll lock the door - I AM THE LAW
Because in Mega-City - I AM THE LAW
There goes the peacemaker
There goes a live wire
There goes the peacemaker
An ex-policeman and a friend of mine