Let There Be Rock

In the beginning

Back in 1955

Man didn't know about a rock 'n' roll show

And all that jive

The white man had the schmaltz

The black man had the blues

No one knew what they was gonna 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"

There was drums

"Let there be guitar"

There was guitar

"Oh, let there be rock"

And it came to pass

That rock 'n' roll was born

And all across the land

Every rockin' band

Was blowing up a storm

And the guitar man got famous

The business man got rich

And in every bar

There was a superstar

With a seven-year itch

There were fifteen-million fingers

Learning how to play

And you could hear the fingers pickin'

And this is what they had to say

"Let there be light"

"Sound"

"Drums"

"Guitar"

"Oh, let there be rock"

One night, in the club called "The Shaking Hand"

There was a forty-two decibel rockin' band

And the music was good, and the music was loud

And the singer turned and he said to the crowd

"Let there be rock!"