Lyrics to
Rock & Roll

This version of Rock & Roll was released by The Runaways in 1976.

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(It’s all right)
(It’s all right)
(It’s all right)
(It’s all right)

All right!
Whoo!

Ginni said when she was five years old
You know there’s nothing going down at all
She turned on that radio
And there was nothing happenin’ at all
She turned on that LA station
Couldn’t believe what she heard at all
She started dancing to that fine fine music
Her life was saved by rock and roll

Despite all the complications
You could just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was all right (it’s all right)
It was all right (it’s all right)
It was all right (it’s all right)
Yeah, it was all right (it’s all right)
You betcha
Whoo!

Ginni said when she was five years old
You know our parents will be the death of us all
Two TV sets and two Cadillac cars
Well they don’t mean nothin’ at all
She turned on that LA station
Couldn’t believe what she heard at all
She started dancin’ to that fine fine music
Her life was saved by rock and roll

Despite all the complications
You could just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was all right (it’s all right)
Said it was all right (it’s all right)
Said it was all right (it’s all right)
It was all right, (it’s all right)
All right!
Whoo!
Ow!

Despite all the complications
You could just dance to that rock and roll station
And it was all right (it’s all right)
And it was all right (it’s all right)
And it was all right (it’s all right)
Yeah, it was all right, (it’s all right)
Said it was all right!

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About Lyrics and Rock & Roll by The Runaways

The lyrics for Rock & Roll are defined as the words making up the song released by The Runaways in 1976. It also includes the verses and words used by the background chorus in the song. Like many hit songs, the lyrics to Rock & Roll have different meanings to different people. While it is clear in some of the lyrics what the artist is trying to really say, only The Runaways and those working with them know all of the meanings behind all of the lyrics to their songs.

Some folks are interested in word and phrase etymology. It is easy to understand the lyrics to Rock & Roll by The Runaways if you think through it. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Rock & Roll" means the words set to the music of Rock & Roll, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Runaways. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Rock & Roll and the lyrics to Rock & Roll are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Runaways who came here looking just for the lyrics to Rock & Roll, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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