Rock & Roll Music

by Chuck Berry (1957)

Just let me hear some of that rock an’ 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 an’ roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

I have no kick against modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast
And change the beauty of the melody
Until it sounds just like a symphony

That’s why I go for that rock an’ 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 an’ roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

I took my loved one over ’cross the tracks
So she can hear my man a-wailin’ sax
I must admit they have a rockin’ band
Man they were blowin’ like a hurricane

That’s why I go for that rock an’ 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 an’ roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

Way down South they gave a jubilee
The jokey folks they had a jamboree
They’re drinking home brew from a wooden cup
The folks dancin’ got all shook up

And started playing that rock an’ 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 an’ roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me

Don’t care to hear ’em play a tango
Ain’t in the mood to take a mambo
It’s way too early for the congo
So keep a rockin’ that piano

So I can hear some of that rock an’ 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 an’ roll music
If you wanna dance with me
If you wanna dance with me