Old Rock 'n' Roller Lyrics - Charlie Daniels Band

He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar 

And he sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar 

But he keeps on belting out them rhythm and blues 

"Long Tall Sally" and "Blue Suede Shoes" 

He never faced the fact that he's never gonna be a star 

He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar 

He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten 

And though he tried and he tried he never could make it happen again 

He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride 

Jerry Lee went crazy and Elvis died 

Then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last 

And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past 

But sometimes at night when the music and the crowd is having fun 

He steps up on the mike with a gleam in his eye 

And once again he's twenty-one 

And then it's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "Heartbreak Hotel" 

And "That'll Be The Day" 

Then the sweet bird of youth just flies away 

He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly 

He ain't never gonna make it but he sure did give it a try 

So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud 

When it's time to go at least you'll go down proud 

You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are 

Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar 

Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar