[Verse 1] I remember as a child I used to hear Music that they played Lord with a feel Some call it folk, some call it soul But people let me tell you it was rock and roll I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul Every day when I got home I turned on my radio [Verse 2] Listening to the music that my idols made I knew every single record the DJ's played A honky tonk a Hound Dog, a Johnny B. Goode Chain Gang, Love Is Strange, Knock On Wood I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul I was born to love the beat, I was made for rock and roll [Verse 3] I thought it was a fad, thought that it would pa** But the younger generation knew it would last Time's gone by, the beat goes on But every time I hear it Lord it takes me home I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul Every day when I got home I turned on my radio [Verse 4] Mother played recordings of Beethoven's Fifth Mozart's sonatas down the cla**ical Liszt My papa loved to listen to those country songs While I was in the back room rocking on I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul I was born to love the beat, I was made for rock and roll [Outro] I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul I was born to love the beat, I was made for rock and roll I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my Soul