Rock and Roll (I Gave You the Best Years of My Life)

Lyrics

I can still remember when I bought my first guitar Remember just how good the feeling was, put it proudly in the car And my family listened fifty times to my two song repertoire And I told my mum her only son was gonna be a star Bought all the Beatles records, sounded just like Paul Bought all the old Chuck Berry's, 78's and all And I lay by my record player, playin' every note they played And I watched them all on TV, makin' every move they made Rock and roll, I gave you all the best years of my life All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the magic moon-lit nights I was so busy on the road writin' love songs to you While you were changin' your direction and never knew That I was always just one step behind you '71 in Soho, when I saw Suzanne I was trying to go it solo with someone else's band She came up to me later and I took her by the hand I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand And she followed me to London, through a hundred hotel rooms To a hundred record companies who didn't like my tunes She followed me when, finally, I sold my old guitar She tried to help me understand, I'd never be a star Rock and roll, I gave you all the best years of my life All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the magic moon-lit nights I was so busy on the road writin' love songs to you While you were changin' your direction and never knew That I was always just one step behind you