I Used To Be An Animal Lyrics - The Animals

I want to tell you a story 

Once upon a time 

There were five young guys 

Hanging in and out of Newcastle, 

Playing Rhythm and Blues 

They had nothing to lose 

They didn't need that tin-pan hassle 

Over the Reeperbahn where the beat was born 

Shocking the heart of the nation 

Sign of the times 

A new search in life 

Start of a new rock generation 

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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 (whoa, oh) 

But I'm all right now 

All right now, baby 

Twenty years ago we were children of war 

But we danced to the Bo Diddley beat 

There were rockers and mods, 

We 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 

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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 (whoa, oh) 

But I'm all right now 

All right, all right, all right 

Yeah, yeah, all right, whoa baby 

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 the risin' sun 

I'll do it all again (whoa, oh, oh) 

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 (whoa, oh) 

But I'm all right now 

All right, all right, 

Yeah, yeah, 

All right, all right, 

I'm all right now... 

(Jackson-Clark, Burdon, Bastow)