Rock & Roll Lyrics - Roy Orbison

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Well when I first got to memphis... 

I was knocked out by those friendly people 

They all said "howdy, howdy, come on in 

We don't know the meaning of the word outsider" 

I said "people, you gonna play this kinda music 

Well there's something I would surely like to know 

When I was a boy I heard this wild kinda music 

And I think they called it, oh, rock and roll 

Can you tell me what you know about rock and roll? " 

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They said "son, it's just a feeling, way down in your soul" 

Just a simple story with this wild rock and roll 

Yeah, well all the boys in louisiana called it rock and roll 

But I'll tell you a secret, it drives the women crazy 

And that's all you need to know about rock and roll 

Well you could not imagine the shape my head was in 

I took me a walk down by the mississippi 

When I heard this rockin' out of the harbour inn 

I couldn't resist, I had me a drink, then I had me a listen 

I said "people, you gonna play this kinda music 

There's something that I'd really like to know 

When I was a boy I heard this wild kinda music 

And I think they called it, rock and roll 

Can you tell me what you know about rock and roll? " 

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They said "son, it's just a feeling, way down in your soul" 

Just a simple story with this wild rock and roll 

Yeah, well all the boys in louisiana called it rock and roll 

But I'll tell you a secret, it drives the women crazy 

And that's all you need to know about rock and roll