kevin Johnson - Rock and Roll I gave you the Best Years of my Life
Composer * Kevin Johnson Genre * 1973/Genre/Male Vocal Producer * Dave Wall 2013 =======================================================
I can still remember when I bought my first guitar Just how good the feeling was put it proudly in my car And my family listened fifty times to my two song repertoire I told my Mom her only son was gonna be a star.
Bought all the Beatles records, sounded just like Paul Bought all the old Chuck Berry's, seventy-eights and all And I sat by my record player playing every note they played I watched them all on TV, making every move they made.
Oh, Rock'n'Roll I gave you all the best years of my life All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moonlit summer nights I was so busy in the back room, writing love songs to you But you were changing your direction and I never even knew That I was always just one step behind you.
Sixty-six seemed like the year I was really goin' somewhere We were living in San Francisco with flowers in our hair Singing songs of kindness so the world would understand That The guys and me were something more than just another band.
Sixty-nine in LA came around so soon we were really makin' headway and writing lots of tunes We must have played the wildest that we had ever played The way the crowds called out for us we thought we had it made
Rock'n'Roll I gave you all the best years of my life All the crazy, lazy young days, all the magic moonlit nights I was so busy on the road, singing love songs to you While you were changing your direction and you never even knew That I was always just one step behind you.
Doo doo doo do Doo doo doo do
Seventy-one in Soho when I saw Suzanne I was trying to go it solo with someone else's band When she came up to me leter and took her by the hand I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand.
And she followed me to London to a hundred hotel rooms To a hundred record companies who didn't like my tunes she followed me when finally I sold my old guitar and she tried to help me understand I'll never be a star
Oh, Rock'n'Roll I gave you all the best years of my life All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moonlit summer nights Oh, I never knew the magic making it with you I thank the Lord for giving me the little that I do When I will always be just one step behind you.
Rock'n'Roll I gave you all the best years of my life Singing out my love songs to the bright lit flashing lights Oh, I never knew the magic making it with you I thank the Lord for giving me the little that I do
Oh, Rock'n'Roll I gave you all the best years of my life All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moonlit summer nights Oh, I never knew the magic making it with you While you were changing your direction and you never even knew