Lyrics to
Keep On Rockin’

This version of Keep On Rockin’ was released by Bette Midler in 1979.

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You know I been thinkin’
Lord, about the hard sides of rock and roll.
They say you can’t make no money,
ooh, unless you’re the Rolling Stones.
That put a chip on my shoulder;
gave me the fire in my in my blood.

Children of the Earth,
listen what I say.
You made rock and roll
what it is today.
And no two-bit fascist
is gonna shoot us down.
So come on children,
bring your guns to town.
Shoot ’em down!

We can rock and roll all night long.
And I wanna see you out there feelin’ strong.
And I wanna give you, ooh, the shot you need.
I’ll be your doctor. You just call on me.
Call on me, baby, baby.
Call on me, call on me, baby.

Keep on rockin’.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on, rock ‘n’ roll
gonna never die.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on, rock ‘n’ roll
gonna never die.

Children of the Earth,
listen what I say.
You made rock and roll
what it is today.
And no two-bit fascist
is gonna shoot us down.
So come on children,
bring your guns,
bring your guns to town.

Keep on rockin’.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on, rock ‘n’ roll
gonna never die.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on, rock ‘n’ roll
gonna never die.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on rockin’.
Keep on, rock ‘n’ roll
gonna never die.

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About Lyrics and Keep On Rockin’ by Bette Midler

The lyrics for Keep On Rockin’ are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1979 song by Bette Midler. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Keep On Rockin’ have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Keep On Rockin’ - Bette Midler and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Keep On Rockin’ by Bette Midler in multiple ways. 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 Keep On Rockin’" means the words set to the music of Keep On Rockin’, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Bette Midler. 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 Keep On Rockin’ and the lyrics to Keep On Rockin’ are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Bette Midler who came here looking just for the lyrics to Keep On Rockin’, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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