Lyrics for singles by Chuck Berry

Rock and Roll Music

Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music
Any old way you choose it
It's got a back beat, you can't lose it
Any old time you use it
It's gotta be Rock and roll music
If you want to dance with me
If you want to dance with me

I've got no kick againt modern jazz
Unless they try to play it too darn fast
And change the beauty of the melody
Until they sounded like a symphony
That's why I go for that rock and roll music

I took my loved one over cross the tracks
So she can hear my man a-wailin' sax
I must admit they have a rockin' band
Man they were going like a hurricane
That's why I go for that rock and roll music

Way down South they gave a jubilee
the jockey folks they had a jamboree
They're drinkin' homebrew from a water cup
The folks dancin' they all got shook up
And started playin' that rock and roll music

Don't care to hear 'em play a tango
I'm in the mood to dig a mambo
It's way to early for a congo
So keep a rockin' that piano
So I can hear some of that rock and roll music

No Particular Place to Go

Ridin' along in my automobile
My baby beside me at the wheel
I stole a kiss at the turn of a mile
My curiosity runnin' wild

Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go

Ridin' along in my automobile
I'm anxious to tell her the way I feel
So I told her softly and sincere
And she leaned and whispered in my ear
Cuddlin' more and drivin' slow
With no particular place to go

No particular place to go
So we parked way out on the Kokomo
The night was young and the moon was bold
So we both decided to take a stroll
Can you imagine the way I felt
I couldn't unfasten her safety belt

Ridin' along in my calaboose
Still tryin' to get her belt aloose
All the way home I held a grudge
For the safety belt that wouldn't budge
Cruisin' and playin' the radio
With no particular place to go

Roll Over Beethoven

I'm gonna write a little letter, gonna mail it to my local DJ
It's a rockin' rhythm record I want my jockey to play
Roll over Beethoven, I gotta hear it again today

You know, my temperature's risin' and the jukebox blows a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm and my soul keeps on singin' the blues
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the news

I got the rockin' pneumonia, I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I think I'm rollin' arthiritis, sittin' down by the rhythm review
Roll over Beethoven rockin' in two by two

Well, if you feel you like it, go get your lover, then reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up just a trifle further and reel and rock it
Roll it over
Roll over Beethoven rockin' in two by two

Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you a warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle diddle, I am playin' my fiddle
Ain't got nothin' to lose
Roll over Beethoven and tell Tschaikowsky the news

You know she wiggles like a glow worm, dance like a spinnin' top
She got a crazy partner, oughta see 'em reel and rock
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop

Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven
Roll over Beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues

Johnny B. Goode

Way down Louisiana close to New Orleans
Way back up in the woods among the evergreens
There stood a log cabin made of earth and wood
Where lived a country boy name of Johnny B. Goode
He never ever learned to read or write so well
But he could play the guitar like ringing a bell

Go Go
Go Johnny Go
Go Go
Johnny B. Goode

He use to carry his guitar in a gunny sack
And sit beneath the trees by the railroad track
Oh, the engineers used to see him sitting in the shade
Playing to the rhythm that the drivers made
People passing by would stop and say
Oh my that little country boy could play

His mama told him someday he would be a man
And he would be the leader of a big old band
Many people coming from miles around
To hear him play his music when the sun go down
Maybe someday his name would be in lights
Saying "Johnny B. Goode" tonight

Reelin' And Rockin'

Sometimes I will, then again I think I won't
Sometimes I will, then again I think I won't
Sometimes I do, then again I think I don't

Well, I looked at my watch it was nine twenty one
'twas at a rock 'n' roll dance havin' nothin' but fun
We were rollin' reelin' and a- rockin'
We were reelin' and a- rockin' and rollin' till the break of dawn

Well, I looked at my watch, it was nine thirty-two
There's nothin' I'd rather do than dance with you
We were rollin', reelin' and a-rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, it was nine forty-three
And every time I'd spin, she'd spin with me
We were reelin', reelin' and a-rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, it was nine fifty-four
I said, "Dance ballerina girl, go, go, go"
We were rollin, reelin' and a-rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten o-five
Man, I didn't know whether I was dead or alive
But I was rollin', reelin' and a-rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten twenty-six
But I'm a keep on dancin' till I got my kicks
We were reelin', reelin' and a- rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten twenty-eight
I gotta get my kicks before it gets too late
We were reelin', reelin' and a- rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, it was ten twenty-nine
I had to hold her hand, she was still holdin' mine
We were reelin', reelin' and a-rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, and to my surprise
I was dancin' with a woman who was twice my size
We were reelin', reelin' and a-rockin'

Well, I looked at my watch, and it was time to go
The band leader said, "We ain't playin' no mo'"
We were reelin', reelin', and a-rockin'