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 Tschaikovsky 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
All across the land every rocking 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 picking
And this is what they had to say
Let there be light (light)
Sound (sound)
Drums (drums)
Guitar
Oh, let there be rock!
One night in a club called the Shaking Hand
There was a 92 decibel rocking band
And the music was good and the music was loud
And the singer he turned and he said to the crowd
"Let there be rock"