Let there be rock In the beginning Back in nineteen fifty five Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show And all that jive The white man had the smoltz The black man had the blues No one knew what they was gonna do But Tchaikovsky had the news

I'm wide awake I'm wide awake and I'm goin' crazy Now honey how 'bout you? Girl I know it's late for me to be callin' But what else was I gonna do I woke up with a heart full of love And no one around to give it to It's just me here staring up at the

Show me the way To get to Soulville, baby Show me the way to go home That's where I belong Oh, yeah (oh, yeah) Right on down to Soulville I'm gonna eat soul food It'll make you quick Over the candlestick

Love don't let me down Don't let me down I've been a hard man Been a lonely man Then I saw the light in your eyes this morning And somehow I knew I was gonna take a chance with you Try to see this through So I'll be hopin' you

How dare you, I miss you They say I'll be OK But I'm not going to ever get over you But you went away Weather man said it's gonna snow By now I should be used to the cold Mid-February shouldn't be so scary It was only December I still remember the

Raining, all over the world There's gonna be a showdown And it's raining, all over the world Tonight, the longest night Raining, raining She cried to the Southern wind About a love that was sure to end Every dream in her heart was gone Heading for a

And nobody's home How it was gonna be Guess we'll have to wait and see When you're talkin' to yourself You can fool yourself You came in this world alone So nobody ever told you baby So what'll happen to you baby

That's why I'm learning how to let it go I'm gonna let it go Forgiveness is something we gotta know 'Cause if you hold on forever, it'll hurt your soul Learning, learning, learning When I was six years old, I kinda wet the bed My stepdad came in and

I was born to be somebody And this world will belong to me I'll light up the sky like lightning I'm gonna rise above Show 'em what I'm made of I was born to be I can feel it Ain't nothin' that's ever gonna stop me

How long, how long you gonna keep How long, how long baby How long has it been How long you gonna keep me wondering How long before you see Stallin' me was wrong Slappin' my hand away How long you gonna keep my love at bay