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