(There Won`t Be No Rock `N` Roll)
(C.W. McCall, Bill Fries, Chip Davis)
Well, it`s only gonna be about an hour, friend
`Til they dam your favorite river
So you can water-ski just one more reservior
And them supersonic ships are gonna take you
`Cross a sea of pavement
To one more faceless brickyard on the shore
Yeah, it`s only gonna be about an hour or so
`Til they rip off all your mountains, boy
And that one last tired old eagle bites the sand
And all of that high-and-mighty scenery`s
Gonna be leveled to the ground, boy
By a bunch a` them mindless strip mines on the land
[Chorus]
So listen well, my brothers
When you hear the night wind sigh
And you see the wild goose flying
Through the gray, polluted sky
There won`t be no country music
There won`t be no rock `n` roll
`Cause when they take away our country
They`ll take away our soul
Well, it`s only gonna take about a minute or so
`Til the junkyards fell the prairies, boy
And them smokin` yellow grass fires start to burn
And the warnings on them beer cans
Gonna be buried in them landfills
No deposit, no sad songs, and no returns
Yeah, it`s only gonna take about a minute or so
`Til the factories blot the sun out
You gonna have to turn your lights on just to see
And them lights are gonna be neon, sayin`
"Fly Our Jets To Paradise"
And the whole damn world is gonna be made of styrene
[Chorus]
So listen well, my brothers
When you hear the night wind sigh
And you see the wild goose flying
Through the gray, polluted sky
There won`t be no country music
There won`t be no rock `n` roll
`Cause when they take away our country
They`ll take away our soul
Yeah, it`s only gonna be about a second, boy
`Til they take away all`a this country
And they`ll tell you not to listen to this here song
And that far-off sound of freedom`s
Gonna be an echo from the past
And the final tune is gonna be sad and long
And it`s only gonna be about an eye-blink, boy
`Til they pull out the wool to blind us
So we just can`t read all the messages on the wall
But the only words that matter
Oughta be scribbled all over them billboards
In big old black and bloody letters, ten feet tall
[Chorus]
THERE WON`T BE NO COUNTRY MUSIC
THERE WON`T BE NO ROCK `N` ROLL
`CAUSE WHEN THEY TAKE AWAY OUR COUNTRY
THEY`LL TAKE AWAY OUR SOUL
There won`t be no country music
There won`t be no rock `n` roll
`Cause when they take away our country
They`ll take away our soul
There won`t be no country music
There won`t be no rock `n` roll
`Cause when they take away our country
They`ll take away our soul
There won`t be no country music
There won`t be no rock `n` roll
`Cause when they take away our country
They`ll take away our soul
`Cause when they take away our country
They`ll take away our soul
