I Try To Be A Guide For

Black People Lived Right By The Railroad Tracks And The Train Would Shake Their Houses At Night. I Would Hear It As A Boy And I Thought: I'm Gonna Make A Song That Sounds Like That.

I Was Washing Dishes At The Greyhound Bus Station At The Time And I Said, 'awap Bop A Lup Bop A Wop Bam Boom, Take 'em Out!'

Now They Have Banging Guitar And No Bass And Call It Rock, But That's Not What I Call Rock.

A Lot Of Songs I Sang To Crowds To Get Their Reaction. That's How I Knew They'd Hit.

I Also Think That What's Wrong With All Of Us Is That We Don't Show Enough Love Toward Each Other.