Key: A
Introduction:
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He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
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And he sings a little flat and he never learned to play the guitar.
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But he keeps on beltin' out them rhythm and blues
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"Long Tall Sally" and "Blue Suede Shoes"
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He just can't accept the fact he's never gonna be a star.
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He's just an old rock 'n' roller playing music in a backstreet bar.
He had a record in the sixties, it was big enough to go Top Ten.
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But sometimes late on a saturday night
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when the crowd's out having fun,
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He steps to the mike with a gleam in his eye
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and once again he's twenty-one.
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And then it's "Be-Bop-A-Lulu" and "Heartbreak Hotel"
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and "That'll Be The Day"
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But then the Sweet Bird of Youth just flies away.
He's an earthbound eagle that never did learn how to fly.