showered with offers at twenty one
by the age of twenty two she is nearly long gone
they keep calling her the heir to the rock & roll crown
man, it weighed so heavy it was dragging her down
wants it 'til she's got it then tries to run away
a hunger so deep it can never go away
no way to fill it, to turn down the dial below the limit
if she could only stop from crying
she says: i love him
but he's the kind to be clever with, i'm ready
maybe soon make it better
she's wanted him for so long she's forgotten how it goes
this is the history of rock & roll
all fogged up can't even see to ride
a .44. magnum on the passenger side
pops a table for the cramping but it just won't fade
she starts hearing things he used to say :
to love you's to surrender, it's the need to lose
to want to step inside a king of raging feud
between the sea and sky, my head and my heart
and choosing which of them is blowing me apart!
he says: i want her
want her so much i can taste her when i'm sleeping
she's the scale of the ether
how much is it worth if it is free: I just don't know
this is the history of rock & roll
haunted by images, the planet's turning
the sun going down on mississippi burning
only darkness has the power to make her
open up her heart
and play it to the world as though they're only
tears for crying
we want the future
maybe soon, maybe never, when we're ready
but we act like we hate it
how much is it worth if it is free?
we'll never know
this is the history of rock & roll
by the age of twenty two she is nearly long gone
they keep calling her the heir to the rock & roll crown
man, it weighed so heavy it was dragging her down
wants it 'til she's got it then tries to run away
a hunger so deep it can never go away
no way to fill it, to turn down the dial below the limit
if she could only stop from crying
she says: i love him
but he's the kind to be clever with, i'm ready
maybe soon make it better
she's wanted him for so long she's forgotten how it goes
this is the history of rock & roll
all fogged up can't even see to ride
a .44. magnum on the passenger side
pops a table for the cramping but it just won't fade
she starts hearing things he used to say :
to love you's to surrender, it's the need to lose
to want to step inside a king of raging feud
between the sea and sky, my head and my heart
and choosing which of them is blowing me apart!
he says: i want her
want her so much i can taste her when i'm sleeping
she's the scale of the ether
how much is it worth if it is free: I just don't know
this is the history of rock & roll
haunted by images, the planet's turning
the sun going down on mississippi burning
only darkness has the power to make her
open up her heart
and play it to the world as though they're only
tears for crying
we want the future
maybe soon, maybe never, when we're ready
but we act like we hate it
how much is it worth if it is free?
we'll never know
this is the history of rock & roll