In the beginning There weren't nothin' but rocks Then somebody invented the wheel And things just started in to roll Did you ever hear a tenor sax Swingin' like a rusty axe? Honkin' like a frog down in a hollow log? Well baby, that is rock & roll Did you ever hear a guitar twang Dingy, dingy, dingy, dang? Ever hear those strings doin' crazy things? Well baby, that is rock & roll That ain't no freight train that you hear Rollin' down the railroad tracks That's a country boy piano man Playin' in between the cracks You say that music's for the birds And you can't understand the words Well, honey, if you did you'd really blow your lid 'Cause baby, that is rock & roll That ain't no freight train that you hear Rollin' down the railroad tracks That's a country boy piano man Playin' in between the cracks You say that music's for the birds And you can't understand the words Well honey, if you did you'd really blow your lid 'Cause, baby, that is rock & roll (In the mornin') Baby, that is rock & roll (In the evenin') Baby, that is rock & roll