I Used To Be An Animal Lyrics - Singles - Eric Burdon

Once upon a time there were five young guys 

Hanging in and out of Newcastle 

Playing Rhythm and Blues had nothing to lose 

They didn't need no tin-pan hassle 

Over Reeperbahn where the beat was born 

Shocking the heart of the nation 

A sign of the times, a new search of life 

Start of a new rock generation 

From day one to kingdom come 

I'd do it all again 

I used to be an animal 

I used to be an animal 

I used to be an animal 

But I'm alright now 

Alright now, girl, alright 

Just twenty years ago, we were children of war 

But we danced to the Bo Diddley beat 

There was rockers and mods, didn't take it too hard 

We had blue suede shoes on our feet 

A revolution in France and James Brown's dance 

A new world coming our way 

We'd talk that talk in the streets of New York 

And never looked back to this day 

From day one to the risin' sun 

I'll do it all again 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

But I'm all right now 

Used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

Used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

Used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

Now, all right, all right, all right 

Yeah, yeah, all right 

We were flippin' and trippin' 

And rockin' and rollin' and generally havin' a ball 

For the price of a drink there was no time 

To think about the morality of it all 

There was freaks and queens and love-ins and has beens 

Whisky-a-gogos and all night flamingos 

A psychedelic explosion in slow motion 

Dr Strangelove's bomb 

From day one to kingdom come 

I'd do it all again 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

But I'm alright, now 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

I used to be an animal 

(He used to be an animal) 

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