There Won't Be No Country Music Lyrics - C.w. Mccall

(There Won't Be No Rock 'N' Roll) 

(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Chip Davis) 

Well, it's only gonna be about an hour, friend 

'Til they dam your favorite river 

So you can water-ski just one more reservior 

And them supersonic ships are gonna take you 

'Cross a sea of pavement 

To one more faceless brickyard on the shore 

Yeah, it's only gonna be about an hour or so 

'Til they rip off all your mountains, boy 

And that one last tired old eagle bites the sand 

And all of that high-and-mighty scenery's 

Gonna be leveled to the ground, boy 

By a bunch a' them mindless strip mines on the land 

[Chorus] 

So listen well, my brothers 

When you hear the night wind sigh 

And you see the wild goose flying 

Through the gray, polluted sky 

There won't be no country music 

There won't be no rock 'n' roll 

'Cause when they take away our country 

They'll take away our soul 

Well, it's only gonna take about a minute or so 

'Til the junkyards fill the prairies, boy 

And them smokin' yellow grass fires start to burn 

And the warnings on them beer cans 

Gonna be buried in them landfills 

No deposit, no sad songs, and no returns 

Yeah, it's only gonna take about a minute or so 

'Til the factories block the sun out 

You gonna have to turn your lights on just to see 

And them lights are gonna be neon, sayin' 

"Fly Our Jets To Paradise" 

And the whole damn world is gonna be made of styrene 

[Chorus] 

So listen well, my brothers 

When you hear the night wind sigh 

And you see the wild goose flying 

Through the gray, polluted sky 

There won't be no country music 

There won't be no rock 'n' roll 

'Cause when they take away our country 

They'll take away our soul 

Yeah, it's only gonna be about a second, boy 

'Til they take away all'a this country 

And they'll tell you not to listen to this here song 

And that far-off sound of freedom's 

Gonna be an echo from the past 

And the final tune is gonna be sad and long 

And it's only gonna be about an eye-blink, boy 

'Til they pull out the wool to blind us 

So we just can't read all the messages on the wall 

But the only words that matter 

Oughta be scribbled all over them billboards 

In big old black and bloody letters, ten feet tall 

[Chorus] 

THERE WON'T BE NO COUNTRY MUSIC 

THERE WON'T BE NO ROCK 'N' ROLL 

'CAUSE WHEN THEY TAKE AWAY OUR COUNTRY 

THEY'LL TAKE AWAY OUR SOUL 

There won't be no country music 

There won't be no rock 'n' roll 

'Cause when they take away our country 

They'll take away our soul 

There won't be no country music 

There won't be no rock 'n' roll 

'Cause when they take away our country 

They'll take away our soul 

There won't be no country music 

There won't be no rock 'n' roll 

'Cause when they take away our country 

They'll take away our soul 

'Cause when they take away our country 

They'll take away our soul