CHORUS:
just let me hear some of that rock and roll music…
any old way you choose it…
it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it…
any old time you use it…
it’s gotta be rock and roll music…
if you wanna dance with me…
if you wanna dance with me…
VERSE 1:
i have no kick against modern jazz…
unless they try to play it too darn fast…
and change the beauty of the melody…
until they sound just like a symphony…
CHORUS:
that’s why i go for that rock and roll music…
any old way you choose it…
it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it…
any old time you use it…
it’s gotta be rock and roll music…
if you want to dance with me…
if you want to dance with me…
VERSE 2:
i took my loved one over cross the tracks…
so she can hear my man a-wail a sax…
i must admit they have a rockin’ band…
man, they were blowin’ like a hurricane…
CHORUS:
that’s why i go for that rock and roll music…
any old way you choose it…
it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it…
any old time you use it…
it’s gotta be rock and roll music…
if you wanna dance with me…
if you wanna dance with me…
VERSE 3:
way down south they gave a jubilee…
the jokey folks, they had a jamboree…
they’re drinkin’ homebrew from a wooden cup…
the folks dancin’ got all shook up…
CHORUS:
and started playin’ that rock and roll music…
any old way you choose it…
it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it…
any old time you use it…
it’s gotta be rock and roll music…
if you wanna dance with me…
if you wanna dance with me…
VERSE 4:
don’t care to hear ’em play a tango…
i’m in the mood to dig a mambo…
it’s way too early for a congo…
so keep a-rockin’ that piano…
CHORUS:
so i can hear some of that rock and roll music…
any old way you choose it…
it’s got a backbeat, you can’t lose it…
any old time you use it…
it’s gotta be rock and roll music…
if you wanna dance with me…
if you wanna dance with me…