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Thread #43766   Message #2744976
Posted By: Jim Dixon
13-Oct-09 - 11:15 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Rock and Roll Survivor (Bruce Johnston)
Subject: Lyr Add: ROCK AND ROLL SURVIVOR (Bruce Johnston)
Copied from http://personales.ya.com/thebeachboys/goingpublic.html
However, I corrected one mondegreen: I've been dryin' out through the door I'm a dried-out troubadour. There might be more; I haven't heard the whole song.


ROCK AND ROLL SURVIVOR
Bruce Johnston.

I'm a rock 'n' roll survivor and I'm feelin' mighty good.
I saved my money wisely and built a scooter made of wood.
Now I'm self-sustained and I'm self-contained. I don't need no credit card.
I've made my name, but I'm still the same, and the whole world's my backyard.

Well, I'm through with the whiskey and I'm a dried-out troubadour.
You know the Rainbow's gonna miss me when I don't pass through their door.
See, I've solved all their myst'ries. I don't need them anymore.
Oh, I'm through with the whiskey and I'm a dried-out troubadour.

I've been faithful to Lady Rock 'n' Roll,
But don't say I'm a cripple 'cause I feel and need to grow.
You see, I might try country music 'cause it's honest and sincere.
Oh, that good old country music, it's pleasin' to my ears.
If you hear that I'm playin' one time, stop on by.
You'll see what I've been sayin': Rock 'n' roll, I've survived.

[Sung by Bruce Johnston on his 1977 album "Going Public". Other people have recorded different songs with the same—or nearly the same—title.]