Carl and Greg Perkins
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Well Nashville had country music but Memphis had the soul
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Lord, the white boy had the rhythm and that started rock and roll
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And I was here when it happened don¡¯t you all think I ought to know
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I was here when it happened, yeah, yeah, yeah
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I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll, Lord, lord yeah.
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Well the cat named Elvis Be-Bopped in to Sun right off the street
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Sang ¡°Blue Moon of Ole K-Y" but he did it with a brand new beat
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Guess he sought him a sleeping world and out there by surprise
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Jack ¡®em up, you rang them out and he¡¯ hung ¡®em out to dry
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I was there when it happened, don¡¯t you all think I ought to know, lord, lord
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Yeah I was here when it happened I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll
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Here¡¯s kinda the way it happened
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Well the drummer boy was the beatin¡¯ on the drums a rockin¡¯ and a goin¡¯ wild
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The real city slicker was clickin¡¯ and clackin¡¯ and doin¡¯ it in a different style
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hit car strumming a beat and a pumpin' and the lead man picking out the blues
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hip-shaking singer was a swinging and a swinging saying some style blue suede shoes
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and I was here when it happened, Lord I think I ought to know, yeah, yeah
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Folks I was here when it happened I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll
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What you think about it little guitar c¡¯mon son
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Some folks called it the devil's music others said it wouldn¡¯t last long
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31 years since we started shakin¡¯ proves somebody was wrong
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the 64¡¯s, the Beatles and the four were rock and roll's best friends
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The Beatles and The Stones brought the old beat home
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And world went crazy again I was here when it happened
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My friend I think I ought to know, yeah , yeah
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Well I was there when it happened
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I watched Memphis give birth to rock and roll
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Lord yeah, c¡¯mon
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Birth Of Rock And Roll
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