First thing I remember
I was standing by my brother
singing my heart skips a beat
It was Buck, Merle, Jones, Cash,
Rattle, and the Car Dash
cruising down a small town street
Elvis and the Killer
hearing lots of Roger Miller
makes the little boy's eyes get wide
Got a big dose of Johnny Horton,
Connie Smith,
and Jim Reeves, Conway,
and Charlie Pryde
Old Hank was the man, is the man,
will be the man,
ain't nobody disputin' that
But then I turned thirteen,
a little bitty James Dean,
and went to see Foghat
I got a rock 'n 'roll bone,
when it came alive
I knew I'd have to have it
for this country boy to survive
I found Chuck Berry,
the Beatles and the Rolling Stones
Yeah, me and Bo Cephas,
we got a rock and roll bone
Next thing I remember,
I was working in the beer joint
Couldn't shoot honky -tonk dives
It was me and Scotty up all night
Trying to keep the music right,
singing Mama's Hungry Eyes
May have seemed silly doing so much
Chris and Willie
When the clientele just wanted to howl
But even lots of wailing
could only keep us sailing
For just so long till the
natives would growl
Well, the boss said, pick it up,
turn it up, keep it up,
and get the rowdies out of the door
But then we broke an inner
to a bitter inner skinner
just to keep them out on the floor
I got a rock and roll bone
I can't get enough
And I know I'll have to go down
till the sun comes up
I found Bob Singer,
heard the boss singing Thunder Road
Yeah, me and old Garth,
we got a rock and roll bone
I love Dolly, I love Freddie
I need it all to keep me rockin', steady
Billy Joel, Tom Petty
I think that I was born already
in a rock and roll bone
Bone, bone, bone, bone,
bone, bone
Yeah, I got a rock and roll bone
It's got to stay alive
I know I've got to have it
for this country boy to survive
I found Glenn and Don, Stevie Nicks
really turned me on
And I just can't help it,
I got a rock and roll bone
Yeah, I got a rock and roll bone
It's still alive and well
And sure it's never gonna change,
near as I can tell
We dig those jimmies
and how they make them
guitars moan
Yeah, me and my brother,
we got a rock and roll bone
Got a rock and roll bone
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