Let There Be Rock

GO DOWN
Let There Be Rock (1977)
(Young, Young, Scott)

Ruby, Ruby, where you been so long?
Don't stop drinking whiskey baby since you been gone
Ain't no one I know as good as you
Licking on that licking stick the way you do
You got the lips to make a strong man weak and a heathen brave
Givin' you the jump it ain't the way you speak, Lord it's just the way

Go down

Mary, Mary, you're the one for me
And the way you home, stinging like a bumble bee bzz
I'll be around to see you around, about half past ten
Ain't felt this good since I don't know when
You got the touch that I need so much in your finger tips
I got honey that you love to taste on those lovely lips

So go down


DOG EAT DOG
Let There Be Rock (1977)
SINGLE: Dog Eat Dog/Carry Me Home
SINGLE: Let There Be Rock/Dog Eat Dog (1977)
(Young, Young, Scott)

Well it's a dog eat dog, eat cat too
French eat frog, and I eat you
Businessman when you make a deal
Do you know who you can trust?
Do you sign your life away?
Do you write your name in dust?

CHORUS:
Hey hey hey
Every dog has his day
It's a dog eat dog
Dog eat dog

"Dog eat dog", read the news
Someone win, someone lose
Up's above and down's below
And limbo's inbetween
Up you win, down you lose
It's anybody's game

CHORUS

And it's an eye for eye, tooth for tooth
It's a lie, that's the truth
See a blind man on the street
Looking for something free
Hear the kind man ask his friends
"Hey, what's in it for me?"

CHORUS


LET THERE BE ROCK
Let There Be Rock (1977)
If You Want Blood - You've Got It(live) (1978)
LIVE (1992)
SINGLE: Let There Be Rock/Problem Child (Can? Aus?) (1977)
SINGLE: Let There Be Rock/Dog Eat Dog (1977)
SINGLE: For Those About To Rock/Let There Be Rock(live) (1981)
(Young, Young, Scott)

In the beginning, back in nineteen fify-five
Man didn't know about a rock'n'roll show, and all that jive
The white man had the smotes, the black man had the blues
No one knew what they was going to do, but Tchaikovsky had the news
He said -

Let there be sound, and there was sound
Let there be light, and there was light
Let there be drums, and there was drums
Let there be guitar, and there was guitar
Let there be rock

And it came to pass, that rock'n'roll was born
All across the land, every rockin' band was blowing up a storm
The guitar man got famous, the business man got rich
And in every bar there was a super star, with a seven year itch
There were fifteen million fingers, learning how to play
And you could hear the fingers picking, and this is what they had to say

Let there be light
Sound
Drums
Guitar
Let there be rock

One night in a club called the "Shaking Hand"
There was a forty-two decibel rocking band
The music was good and the music was loud
And the singer turned and he said to the crowd -
Let there be rock


BAD BOY BOOGIE
Let There Be Rock (1977)
If You Want Blood - You've Got It(live) (1978)
(Young, Young, Scott)

On the day I was born the rain fell down
There was trouble brewing in my home town
It was the seventh day, I was the seventh son
And it scared the hell out of everyone

They said stop, I said go
They said fast, I said slow
They said yes, I said no
I do the bad boy boogie

Being a bad boy ain't that bad
I've had me more dirty women than most men ever had
All you women come along with me
And I'll show you how good a bad boy can be

I said right and they said left
I said east and they said west
I said up and they said down
I do the bad boy boogie all over town

I wanna tell you no story, tell you no lie
I was born to love till the day I die
I just line them up and I knock them down
And they all came running when the word got round
Just keep a running

I said up, they said down
They said straight, I said round
They said lost, I said found
I said free, and they said bound
Bad boy boogie


OVERDOSE
Let There Be Rock (1977)
(Young, Young, Scott)

I never smoked with no cigarettes
I never drank much booze
But I'm only a man, don't you understand
And a man can sometimes lose
You gave me something I never had
Pulled me down with you
Pulled me up, think I'm in love
Hope you can pull me through

CHORUS:
I overdosed on you
I overdosed on you
Crazy but it's true
Ain't nothing I can do
I overdosed on you

Oh woman you give to me
More than I can take
But listen honey, I don't mind
You're a habit I don't want to break
Don't want none of that hard stuff
Don't need it anymore
I'm in love, and I'm sinking fast
And I don't need no cure

CHORUS

Gee I was happy as a man could be
To far gone to escape
Power of love, don't pull me off
Just write on my grave

CHORUS


CRABSODY IN BLUE
Let There Be Rock (1977)
(Young, Young, Scott)

Well they moved on down
And they crawled around
Walking sideways, sideway walking
Give me the blues

And you start to scratch
When they start to hatch
Walking sideways, sideway walking
Give me the blues

But when they start to bite
Then it's time you set alight
For an appointment
Before you start to scream
That's when you apply the cream
Blues ointment

Well the doctor said
We got to make our beds
Walking sideways, sideway walking
Give me the blues

And when you start to scream
That's when you'll buy the cream
Blues ointment
And when they start to to itch
You go out and you take a bitch
For an appointment

Well you rub it on
And you rub it in
Stops them walking, sideway walking
Gives them the blues


HELL AIN'T A BAD PLACE TO BE
Let There Be Rock (1977)
If You Want Blood - You've Got It(live) (1978)
SINGLE: Whole Lotta Rosie(live)/Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be(live) (1978)
SINGLE: Girls Got Rhytm-If You Want Blood/
Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be(live)-Rock'N'Roll Damnation(live) (1979)
(Young, Young, Scott)

Hey you

Sometimes I think this woman is kinda hot
Sometimes I think this woman is sometimes not
Puts me down, fool me around
What's she doing to me?
Out for satisfaction, any piece of action
That ain't the way it should be
She needs love, smells out a man, she's gotta see
Pours my beer, licks my ear, brings out the devil in me

Hell ain't a bad place to be

Spends my money, drinks my booze, stays out every night
And I got to thinking: "Hey, just a minute, something ain't right"
Disillusions and confusion
Make me want to cry
All the same, you lead your games
Tellin' me your lies
Don't mind her playing a demon as long as it's with me
If this is hell then you could say it's heavenly

Hell ain't a bad place to be

Late at night turns down the lights
Closes up on me
Opens my heart, tears it apart
Brings out the devil in me

Hell ain't no bad place to be


WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE
Let There Be Rock (1977)
If You Want Blood - You've Got It(live) (1978)
LIVE (1992)
SINGLE: Whole Lotta Rosie(live)/Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be (1978)
(Young, Young, Scott)

Wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know
When it comes to lovin', oh she steals the show
She ain't exactly pretty, ain't exactly small
42-39-56 - you could say she's got it all

Never had a woman, never had a woman like you
Doing all the things, doing all the things you do
Ain't no fairy story, ain't no skin and bone
But you give it all you got, weighing in at nineteen stone

You're a whole lotta woman
A whole lotta woman
Whole lotta Rosie
And you're a whole lotta woman

Oh honey you can do it, do it to me all night long
Only one to turn, only one to turn me on
All through the night time, and right around the clock
To my surprise, Rosie never stops

She was a whole lotta woman
A whole lotta woman
Whole lotta Rosie
She's a whole lotta woman