American Rock and Roll Songtext
von The Righteous Brothers

American rock and roll
I lost my heart, but I found my soul
(Oh, baby)
American rock and roll
It′s been around for a long, long time
It just never, nah-nah-nah, never grows old

Yeah, people used to call me crazy
People said, "He's lost his mind"
My daddy says I was lazy
My mama says, "The boy will be just fine"
"Thank you, mama!"

Something had a hold on me
That wouldn′t let go
It found my heart, dug into my soul
American, American rock and roll, yeah!


American rock and roll
I lost my heart, but I found my soul
(Yes, I did)
American rock and roll
Been around for a long, long time
It just never, nah-nah-nah, never grows old
Hey!

And in the reach of Chuck Berry and Elvis
Gave us young boys a good education
Huey Lewis brings Steve and Bob Seger
They're handing it down to the next generation

There's children all over this world, ten years old
In two or three years, they′re all gonna sing
American, American rock and roll
Yeah, yeah!

American rock and roll
I found my cool, but I lost my control
Well, well, well
American rock and roll
Been around for a long, long time
It just never, nah-nah-nah, never grows old

Yeah, yeah, yeah
Oh, good!
Oh!
Oh!


It was American rock and roll
I lost my heart, but I found my soul
It was American rock and roll
I found my cool, but I lost my control
American rock and roll
Sounds a bit like this, here
It was American rock and roll
I like it, look here!
Just like that, yeah!

It was American rock and roll
(Out down by the Rio)
It was American rock and roll
We down in Louisiana, close to New Orleans
American rock and roll
(Hey, you can do anything, lay off my blue suede shoes)
American rock and roll
(Shake it, baby, shake it!)
American rock and roll