OhI can still remember when I bought my first GuitarRemember walking from the shop to put it proudly in my carAnd my family listened fifty times to my two-song-repertoireAnd I told my mam her only son was gonna be a star.I bought all the Beatle-records sounded just like PaulI bought all the old Chuck Berries 78's in all.I sat by my record-player playin' ev'ry note they playedNow watched them all on TV copied ev'ry move they made.OhRock'n'roll I gave you all the best years of my lifeAII the dreamy sunny sundays all the moonlit summernightsI was so busy in the back-room writing love-songs to youAnd you were changing your direction and you never even knew.That I was always just one step behind you.66 seemed like the year I was really goin' somewhereI was living in San Francisco weard flowers in my hair.Singing songs of kindness so the world would understandThe Guys and me thought we were more than just another band!OhRock'n'roll I gave you all the best years of my lifeAII the crazy lazy young days all the magic moony nightsI was so busy on the road singing love-songs to you . . .71 I was all alone when I met Sarah-JaneI was tryin' to go it solo with someone else's bandAnd she came up to me softly and she took me by the handAnd she listened to my problems and she seemed to understandAnd she followed me through LondonTo a 100 hotel rooms to a 100 record companiesWho didn't like my tunes.And she followed me back TennesseeAnd she finally made me seeI'm just a playin' ole country boyAnd that's all I'll ever be.OhRock'n'roll I gave you all the best years of my lifeAII the dreamy sunny sundays all the moonlit summernightsOh I never knew the magic of making it with youI'm getting along with my country-songsDoin' what I wanna doAnd I was always just one step behind you.OhRock'n'roll I gave you all the best years of my life . . .