Rock & Roll People

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John Lennon

John Ono Lennon MBE, born John Winston Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980) was an English musician, singer and songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as a founder, and member of the Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music. Together with Paul McCartney, he formed one of the most celebrated songwriting partnerships of the 20th century. Lennon left the Beatles at the end of the sixties soon after meeting Yoko Ono. He formed the Plastic Ono Band and continued a succesful solo career recording until 1975, when his second child Sean Lennon was born. In 1980, with the release of the LP "Double Fantasy," Lennon was once more in the publice eye. Lennon passed away after being shot b… more »


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1986
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Two, three, four!

Yeah, we're rock and roll people, born to pick the news
Yeah, we're rock and roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Don't tell me where your head is, man
I can see your shinin' shoes
Don't play the Virgin Mary
We all know you've been screwed

Rock and roll people, born to be the news
Yeah, we're rock and roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

My father was a mother
My mother was a son
Don't play the dog for dinner
We all been twenty-one

We're rock and roll people, born to be the news
Yeah, we're rock and roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Don't ask me what the time is
Or how much space I need
Don't play the Mona Lisa
You'll know where she's been

Well, rock and roll people, born to be the news
Yeah, we're rock and roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock and roll
Uh huh, uh

Hey!

Two, three, four!

We're the rock and roll people, born to pick the news
Yeah, we're rock and roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Don't ask me where your head is, man
I can see your shinin' shoes
Don't play the Virgin Mary
We all know you've been screwed

Well, rock and roll people, born to pick the news
Yeah, we're rock and roll people
I just couldn't change it if I would choose to

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll

Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet rock and roll
Sweet, sweet

Okay!

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