Havin' a nationwide festival for fourteen days and nights
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Ah, there's fifty four bands on a river boat spot in the lights
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Hundred of vans and tents all on the banks of the Ohio
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Bandstands floatin' from Paducah to Cairo
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Be over a million freaks there diggin' the sights
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There's so many beautiful people there to love and cheer
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Some of the greatest guitar playin' in the western hemisphere
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Got the Who, the Band from across the north border Canned Heat
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The Fifth Dimension, Creedence Clearwater
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Oh, brother Hendrix, sister Joplin, we wish you were here
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Early in the mornin' Johnny Cash and old Elvis got loose
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By noon, Vanilla Fudge and the Woolies start paying their dues
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All evening Ike Turner and Aretha right with the Drifters
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And the Coasters in the Loading Zone
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All night Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters in a battlin' mood
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Oh, what a beautiful show, was sitting right up under the microphone
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Diggin' the Grateful Dead, Little Richard and the Rolling Stones
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Ray Charles, Led Zeppelin and the Everly Brothers
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Bad Bo Diddley and the Beatles and some others
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Everybody's laying back and freaking out all week long
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The Festival
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| Chuck Berry |
