[Intro]
In the beginning, there were nothin' but rocks
Then somebody invented the wheel
And things just began to roll

[Verse 1]
Did you ever hear a tenor sax
Swingin' like a rusty axe?
Honkin' like a frog
Down in a hollow log?
Baby, that is rock and roll

[Verse 2]
Did you ever hear a guitar twang
Jinga-jinga-jing his jang?
Ever hear those strings
Doin' crazy things?
Baby, that is rock and roll

[Chorus]
That ain't no freight train that you hear
Rollin' down the railroad tracks
That's a country-born piano man
Playin' in between the cracks

[Verse 3]
You say that music's for the birds
And you can't understand the words
Well, honey, if you did
You'd really blow your lid
'Cause, baby, that is rock and roll
[Chorus]
That ain't no freight train that you hear
Rollin' down the railroad tracks
That's a country-born piano man
Playin' in between the cracks

[Outro]
You say that music's for the birds
And you can't understand the words
Well, honey, if you did
You'd really blow your lid
'Cause, baby, that is rock and roll (In the mornin')
Baby, that is rock and roll (In the evenin')
Baby, that is rock and roll