Terry Jacks - Rock 'n' Roll (I Gave You The Best Years Of My Life) lyrics

I can still remember when I bought my first guitar I remember just how good the feeling was Put it proudly in my car And I played my friends a thousand times My two song repertoire And I told my mom her oldest son was gonna be star I bought all the Beatles records And I tried to sound like Paul I bought all the old Buddy Holly's, the 78s and all And I sat by my record player playing every song they played And I watched them all on TV every move they made Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life The dreamy sunny Sundays All the magic moonlit nights I was so busy in the backroom Writing love songs to you While you were changing your direction I never even knew That I was always one step behind you ‘66 seemed like the year I was really going 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 And ‘69 in LA well it came around so slow But we were really making headway and writin' lots of toons We must have played the wildest stuff we had ever played Because the way the crowds yelled out for more we thought we had it made Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life Playing my guitar under bright and flashing lights I was so busy on the road singing love songs to you While you were changing your direction I never even knew That I was always one step behind you. ‘71 in Soho when I met Suzanne I was trying to go it solo with some else's band And she came up to me later on and I took her by the hand And I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand And she followed me to London through a hundred hotel rooms Through a hundred record companies that didn't like my tunes And she followed me til finally I sold my old guitar And she tried to help me understand that I would never be a star Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life The dreamy sunny Sundays All the magic moonlit nights And though I've never had the chance Of making it with you I thank the lord for giving me the little bit I knew And I will always be one step behind you Rock and Roll I gave you all the best years of my life Singing out my love songs... [fades]