Lyrics to
Good Rockin’

This version of Good Rockin’ was released by The Doors in 1972.

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Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Hold my baby tight as a pin
Tonight she’ll know how my mind might have been
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight

Well meet me in a hurry, behind the barn
Don’t you be afraid ’cause I’ll do you no harm
Want you to bring along your rockin’ shoes
Tonight we’re gonna rock away all of our blues
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Well I heard the news
Well I heard the news
Well it’s good news
Everyone’s rockin, it’s good news
Got to keep on rockin’
Have you heard the news?
There’s good rockin’ tonight

Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight

Well meet me in a hurry, behind the barn
Don’t you be afraid ’cause I’ll do you no harm
Want you to bring along your rockin’ shoes
Tonight we’re gonna rock away all of our blues
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Well I heard the news
Well I heard the news
Yes, I heard the news
Well it’s good news
The world is rockin’
It’s good news
All of Russia is rockin’
It’s good news
Argentina is rockin’
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Rock ‘n’ roll

Have you heard the news?
Good news
Have you heard the news
Rock ‘n’ roll is taking over
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Rock ‘n’ roll
Feels good
Love my baby
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Yes I heard the news
Well I heard the news
Yes I heard the news
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight
Well it’s good news
Everybody’s rockin’
Good news
Keep on rockin’
Good news
The world is rockin’
Rock ‘n’ roll
I heard the news
Well I heard the news, there’s good rockin’ tonight

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About Lyrics and Good Rockin’ by The Doors

When you decide to study the lyrics to Good Rockin’, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1972 song by The Doors. Some of the lyrics to Good Rockin’ have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only The Doors and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Good Rockin’ if you take apart the structure of the words. 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 Good Rockin’" means the words set to the music of Good Rockin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Doors. 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 Good Rockin’ and the lyrics to Good Rockin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Doors who came here looking just for the lyrics to Good Rockin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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