He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
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He sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar.
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But he keeps on belting out them rhythm and blues,
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"Long Tall Sally" and "Blue Suede Shoes".
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He never faced the fact that he's never gonna be a star.
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He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
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He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten.
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And though he tried and he tried he never could make it happen again.
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He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride.
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Jerry Lee went crazy and Elvis died.
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Then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last.
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And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past.
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But sometimes at night when the music and the crowd is having fun,
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He steps up on the mike with a gleam in his eye and once again he's twenty-one.
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And then it's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "Heartbreak Hotel" and "That'll Be The Day"
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Then the "Sweet Bird of Youth" just flies away.
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He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly.
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He ain't never gonna make it but he sure did give it a try.
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So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud,
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And when it's time to go at least you'll go down proud.
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You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are
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Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
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Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
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Old Rock 'N Roller
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| The Charlie Daniels Band |
