ROCK AND ROLL MARY
©1988 - music and words by John R. Black, ℗ 42nd Street Music Seattle
Thirteen years with a Nashville Band
The country blues are gettin’ me down
I don’t feel right and I’m all uptight
Why don’t I stop messin’ around
Times are changing all my friends are gone
Think it’s time to move along
Rock n’ Roll Mary we can make it baby
Let’s try and sing a new song
(Chorus:)
Rock n’ Roll Mary will you come along and sing with me
We’ll go back to rockin’ sounds and a hard rockin’ melody
Rock n’ Roll Mary come and help me play this old world a better tune
We’ll sing Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly rockin’ underneath the moon
Thirteen years with a Nashville Band
My pickin’ is mighty slow
My heart is achin’ my hands are shakin’
And the music just won’t flow
I’ll sell my Cadillac
Throw away that old guitar
Don’t you know that I love you so
Will you be my Rock n’ Roll star
(Chorus)
Thirteen years with a country sound/Heaven knows I need a change
I’ve played the circuit singin’ every country song
The years have gone by
And I need a love to last me through time
So Rock n’ Roll Mary I want you to know
You’ve got to be mine
(Chorus)