1084 – The Velvet Underground – Rock & Roll (1970)

Escrita por Lou Reed, foi gravada em 15 de abril de 1970 e lançada em 15 de novembro de 1970, no disco Loaded.

A letra:

Jenny said when she was just five years old
There was nothin' happ'nin' at all
Every time she puts on the radio
There was nothin' goin' down at all, not at all
Then one fine morning, she puts on a New York station
You know, she don't believe what she heard at all
She started shaking to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock and roll

Despite all the amputations
You know, you could just go out and dance to the rock and roll station
And it was all right (It was all right)
Hey, baby, you know, it was all right (It was all right)

Jenny said when she was just about 5 years old
"You know, my parents are gonna be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well, you know, ain't gonna help me at all, not just a tiny bit"
Then one fine morning, she turns on a New York station
She doesn't believe what she hears at all
Ooh, she started dancin' to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock and roll, yeah, rock and roll

Despite all the computations
You could just change it to that rock and roll station
And baby, it was all right (It was all right)
Hey, it was all right (It was all right)
Hey, here she comes now

Now, Jenny said when she was just about five years old
"Hey, you know, there's nothing happenin' at all, not at all
Every time I put on the radio
You know, there's nothin' goin' down at all, not at all"
But one fine morning, she hears a New York station
She doesn't believe what she heard at all, hey, not at all
She started dancing to that fine, fine music
You know, her life was saved by rock and roll, yes, rock and roll

Ooh, despite all the computation
You know, you could just dance to a rock and roll station

All right, all right
And it was all right
Are you list'nin' to me now?
And it was all right
Come on now, listen ta me
It was all right, it was all right
Man, it was all right (All right)
It's all right (All right)
Baby, it's all right now (All right)
Baby, it's all right now (All right)
Man, it's all right (All right)
Said all right now (All right)
It's all right right now (All right)
It's all right now (All right)
Oh, baby (All right)
Oh, baby (All right)
Oh, baby (All right)
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah (All right)
Now it's all right now (All right)
Ooh, it's all right now (All right)
Oh, oh (All right)
All right now (All right)

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