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Raised On Rock

Words & Music by Mark James

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Raised On Rock

Words & Music by Mark James

Lyrics:

I remember as a child I used to hear
Music that they played Lord with a feel'
Some call it folk, some call it soul
People let me tell you it was rock and roll

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
Every day when I got home I turned on my radio

Listening to the music that my idols made
I knew every single record the DJ's played
A honky tonk a Hound Dog, a Johnny B. Goode
Chain Gang, Love Is Strange, Knock On Wood

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll

I thought it was a fad, thought that it would pass
But the younger generation knew it would last
Time's gone by, the beat goes on
But every time I hear it Lord it takes me home

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
Every day when I got home I turned on my radio

Mother played recordings of Beethoven's Fifth
Mozart's sonatas down the classical Liszt
My papa loved to listen to his country songs
While I was in the back room rockin' on

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll
I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul

More info:
Mark James wrote Raised on Rock for Elvis, who recorded it on July 23, 1973, at Stax Studios in Memphis. The single release had a nine-week stay on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, peaking at #41. On the Easy-Listening chart it reached #27 and stayed seven weeks. In 1975 Johnny Winter covered Elvis's Raised on Rock (Blue Sky 2754), but failed to chart (it was, however, listed as "Bubbling Under" at #108).

Lyrics:

I remember as a child I used to hear
Music that they played Lord with a feel'
Some call it folk, some call it soul
People let me tell you it was rock and roll

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
Every day when I got home I turned on my radio

Listening to the music that my idols made
I knew every single record the DJ's played
A honky tonk a Hound Dog, a Johnny B. Goode
Chain Gang, Love Is Strange, Knock On Wood

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll

I thought it was a fad, thought that it would pass
But the younger generation knew it would last
Time's gone by, the beat goes on
But every time I hear it Lord it takes me home

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
Every day when I got home I turned on my radio

Mother played recordings of Beethoven's Fifth
Mozart's sonatas down the classical Liszt
My papa loved to listen to his country songs
While I was in the back room rockin' on

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll

I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul
I was born to love the beat I was made for rock and roll
I was raised on rock, I got rhythm in my soul

More info:

Mark James wrote Raised on Rock for Elvis, who recorded it on July 23, 1973, at Stax Studios in Memphis. The single release had a nine-week stay on Billboard's Hot 100 chart, peaking at #41. On the Easy-Listening chart it reached #27 and stayed seven weeks. In 1975 Johnny Winter covered Elvis's Raised on Rock (Blue Sky 2754), but failed to chart (it was, however, listed as "Bubbling Under" at #108).