In the beginning


Back in nineteen fifty five


Man didn·t know ·bout a rock ·n· roll show


·N 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, ah


Let there be rock




And it came to pass


That rock ·n· roll was born


All across the land every rockin· band


Was blowin· 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 was fifteen million fingers


Learnin· how to play


And you could hear the fingers pickin·


And this is what they had to say




Let there be light, sound, drums, ·n guitar, ah


Let there be rock




One night in a club called the Shakin· Hand


There was a 42 decibel rockin· band


And the music was good


And the music was loud


And the singer turned and he saïd to the crowd




Let there be rock