The Cats - Rock n Roll lyrics

I can still remember when I bought my first guitar Remember just how good the feeling was, put it prowdly in my car And my family listened fifity times to my two songs repertoire And I told mama her only son was gonna be a star Bought all the Beatles records, sounded just like Paul Bought all the Chuck Berry`s, 78`s and all And I sat by my recordplayer, playing every note they played And I watched them all on TV, making every move they made Rock and Roll I gave you the best years of my live All the dreamin` sunny sundays all the moonlit summernight I was busy in the backrooom writing lovesongs to you While you were changing your direction and never even knew That I was always one step behind you `66 Seems like the year I was really going somewere We were living in San Fransisco 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 then `69 in L.A. came around so soon We were really making headway and writing a lotts of tunes And we must have played the wildest stuff we had ever played And the crowds cried out for us, well we thought we had it made Rock and roll I gave you the best years of my life All the crazy lazy young days all the magic moon at night I was so busy on the road singing lovesongs to you While you were changing your direction and never even knew That I was always one step behind you `71 in Soho when I saw Suzanne I was try it to go solo with someone elses band She came on me lately, took her by the hand I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand And she followed me through London, through the hundred hotelrooms Through a hundred record compagny`s, who didn`t like my tune She followed me when finaly I sold my o