Lyrics to
Long Live Rock’n’Roll

This version of Long Live Rock’N’Roll was released by Rainbow in 1978.

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All right
Rock and roll, yeah

At the end of a dream
If you know where I mean
When the mist just starts to clear

In a similar way
At the end of today
I can feel the sound of writing on the wall
It cries for you
It’s the least that you can do

Like a spiral on the wind
I can hear it screamin’ in my mind

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock and roll
Let it live

In a different time
When the words didn’t rhyme
You could never quite be sure
Then on with the change
It was simple but strange
And you knew the feeling seemed to say it all
It cries for you
It’s the least that you can do
Like a spiral on the wind
I can hear it screamin’ in my mind

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock and roll
I’m losing control

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll, yeah
Long live rock and roll
Look you

If you suddenly see
What has happened to me
You should spread the word around

And tell everyone here
That it is perfectly clear
They can sail above it all on what they’ve found
It cries for you
It’s the best that you can do
Like a sound that’s everywhere
I can hear it screaming through the air

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock and roll
Let it live, let it live, let it live

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll, yeah
Long live rock and roll

Banners held high with a curse and cry and it’s
Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock and roll
You feel it around, spread it around, make you what just should

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock and roll
Live, live, live, live

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock and roll
Let it live, let it live, let it live, let it live

Long live rock and roll
Long live rock ‘n’ roll
Long live rock and roll

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About Lyrics and Long Live Rock’N’Roll by Rainbow

The lyrics to Long Live Rock’N’Roll are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Rainbow used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Long Live Rock’N’Roll have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Rainbow and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Long Live Rock’N’Roll by Rainbow. 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 Long Live Rock’N’Roll" means the words set to the music of Long Live Rock’N’Roll, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Rainbow. 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 Long Live Rock’N’Roll and the lyrics to Long Live Rock’N’Roll are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Rainbow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Long Live Rock’N’Roll, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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