Eric Carmen - The Rock Stops Here lyrics
(eric carmen/fred carmen)<br><br>(recorded by eric carmen)<br>Cool 101 / 1986<br><br>A dj in cleveland brought some bands to town<br>When the music got started<br>They tore the house down<br>People said everybody just went out of control<br>Alan freed grabbed a mike and called it rock and roll<br>They started bandstand in philly back in '55<br>And elvis rock-a-billy brought memphis alive<br>L.a. gave us surfers and detroit's got soul<br>But there's only one home of rock and roll<br><br>And kids a hundred thousand strong<br>Burned the phone lines all night long<br>To send a message loud and clear<br>In the u.s.a., I said, the rock stops here<br><br>The rock stops here<br>Little richard brought miss molly<br>The rock stops here<br>Peggy sue's with buddy holly<br>The rock stops here<br>Everybody's gettin' down<br>The rock stops here<br>Oww! here comes the great james brown<br>The rock stops here<br>Chuck berry's with maybelline<br>The rock stops here<br>Jerry lee's piano's screamin'<br>The rock stops here<br>Elvis singin' blue suede shoes<br>I need a shot of rock-a-billy<br>With my rhythm and blues<br><br>They looked from new york to l.a. to find the spot<br>Every city in the nation took their very best shot<br>When the dust all settled, one city stood tall<br>And they knew who deserved the rock and roll hall<br>So to prove the facts they already knew<br>They took a nationwide poll<br>That made the front page news<br>When the votes were counted, the results all showed<br>In cleveland, we eat, sleep and drink rock and roll<br><br>Kids a hundred thousand strong<br>Shouted, put the hall where it belongs<br>Now here's the message loud and clear<br>In the u.s.a., you know the rock stops here<br><br>I said the rock stops here<br>Cathy's clown's with don and phil<br>The rock stops here<br>Fats is up on blueberry hill<br>The rock stops here<br>Ray charles shoutin' what'd I say<br>The rock stops here<br>And sam cooke is twistin' the night away<br>The rock stops here<br>Elvis doin' jailhouse rock<br>The rock stops here<br>Chuck berry doin' the duck walk<br>The rock stops here<br>Little richard's singin' woooo<br>I said, wop-bomp-a-loo-bop ba-lomp-bam-boom<br><br>Kids a hundred thousand strong<br>Shouted, put the hall where it belongs<br>Here's the message loud and clear<br>In the u.s.a., I said the rock stops here<br><br>The rock stops here<br>Little richard brought miss molly<br>The rock stops here<br>Peggy sue's with buddy holly<br>The rock stops here<br>Everybody's gettin' down<br>The rock stops here<br>Oww! here comes the great james brown<br>The rock stops here<br>Chuck berry's with maybelline<br>The rock stops here<br>Jerry lee's piano's screamin'<br>The rock stops here<br>Elvis singin' blue suede shoes<br>I need a shot of rock-a-billy<br>With my rhythm and blues<br><br>I said the rock stops here<br>Cathy's clown's with don and phil<br>The rock stops here<br>Fats is up on blueberry hill<br>The rock stops here<br>Ray charles shoutin' what'd I say<br>The rock stops here<br>And sam cooke is twistin' the night away<br>The rock stops here<br>Elvis doin' jailhouse rock<br>The rock stops here<br>Chuck berry doin' the duck walk<br>The rock stops here<br>Little richard's singin' woooo<br>I said, wop-bomp-a-loo-bop ba-lomp-bam-boom<br><br>I said the rock stops here<br>Gonna shout it to the nation<br>The rock stops here<br>At every radio station<br>The rock stops here<br>Say it loud and clear<br>'cause in the u.s.a., you know the rock stops here
