So what if a-wop-bop-a loo-bam boom didn't rhyme Billy Haley and the Comets drove me to the prom in time A Little Richard goes a long long way More than twenty long years to this day Rock of ages roll away rock away roll away We were dancin' in the streets and shapin' our lives in school When we were simply thirteen, God saved the queen in Liverpool A mop top mersey goes a long long way More than ten long years to this day Rock of ages roll away rock away roll away Three plays for a quarter is ancient history now But the Stones roll away and rock that juke box till Satisfaction goes a long long way Much more than five long years to this day Rock of ages roll away rock away roll away A Little Richard goes a long long way More than twenty long years to this day Rock of ages roll away rock away roll away