Charlie Daniels Band - Old Rock 'n' Roller lyrics

He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar And he sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar But he keeps on belting out them rhythm and blues "Long Tall Sally" and "Blue Suede Shoes" He never faced the fact that he's never gonna be a star He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten And though he tried and he tried he never could make it happen again He's been living twenty years on bourbon and pride Jerry Lee went crazy and Elvis died Then his third wife left him but he never really thought it would last And now she ain't nothing but another little blast from the past But sometimes at night when the music and the crowd is having fun He steps up on the mike with a gleam in his eye And once again he's twenty-one And then it's "Be-Bop-A-Lula" and "Heartbreak Hotel" And "That'll Be The Day" Then the sweet bird of youth just flies away He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly He ain't never gonna make it but he sure did give it a try So go dye your hair and turn the music up loud When it's time to go at least you'll go down proud You ain't never gonna be nothing but what you are Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar Just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar