Rockin' Crazy World (Charlie McGettigan)

Rockin' Crazy World
Words and Music by
Shay Healy & Charlie McGettigan
Performed by Charlie McGettigan

Bardis Music. Release Date 7th March 2016
Producer/Director Ed Darragh
Recorded at SAV by Gerry Simpson

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(A Tribute to Film & Rock n' Roll Legends of the '50s and '60s)

Rockin’ Crazy World (Lyrics)

IN THE FIFTIES TIES THEY WERE CATCHING STARS
THAT FELL FROM OUT THE SKY
THERE WERE DOGGIES IN THE WINDOW THEN
THAT ANYONE COULD BUY
DAVY CROCKETT WITH HIS COONSKIN HAT
HE ROAMED THE WILD FRONTIER
TOM COOLEY HUNG HIS HEAD DOWN AND HE CRIED
AND WHEN THE PAWNSHOP ON THE CORNER
PUT THE SHUTTERS UP FOR GOOD
THE MUSIC IT WAS CHANGING AND NOBODY UNDERSTOOD
TILL THE SUN CAME OUT IN MEMPHIS
IN A PAIR OF BLUE SUEDE SHOES
THE WHOLE WORLD WENT ROCK ‘N ROLL CRAZY

BILL HAYLEY AND HIS COMETS
THEY STARTED ROCKIN’ ROUND THE CLOCK
WITH A SWIVEL OF HIS PELVIS,
ELVIS DID THE JAILHOUSE ROCK
CHUCK BERRY DID HIS DUCK WALK
AND HIS JOHNNY B. WAS GOOD
AND TRINI LOPEZ WISHED HE HAD A HAMMER
LITTLE RICHARD TOLD MISS MOLLY
MY GOOD GOLLY YOU’RE SO FINE
C’MON EVERYBODY THAT WAS EDDIE COCHRAN’S LINE
FRANKIE VALLI AND THE SEASONS TOLD US WALK LIKE A MAN
AND PEOPLE FOUND RESPECT FOR ARETHA FRANKLIN

JIMI HENDRIX IN A PURPLE HAZE SET FIRE TO HIS GUITAR
SAM COOKE HE TOOK A BULLET AND WE LOST A SHINING STAR
THE LORD TOOK JANIS EARLY IN A BIG MERCEDES BENZ
WHILE OTIS JUST WATCHED THE TIDE ROLL AWAY
CROSBY STILLS AND NASH THEY URGED US
TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL
AND WE FELT THOSE GOOD VIBRATIONS WHEN
THE BEACH BOYS CAST THEIR SPELL
THE MAMA’S AND THE PAPAS LIVED THE CALIFORNIA DREAM
WHILE THE MONKEES CAUGHT
THE LAST TRAIN TO CLARKSVILLE

AND WHEN DYLAN SANG THE TIMES THEY RE A-CHANGING
HE WAS RIGHT BUT WHAT WAS COMIN NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE
AND THE SONGS THAT WE WERE SINGING
WE’RE STILL SINGING THEM TONIGHT
ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA NEVER FOUND THE CURE

THE `BIG O SAW A PRETY WOMAN WALKIN DOWN THE STREET
JACKIE WILSON HE AGREED WITH HIM SAYING SHE’S SO REET PETITE THAT’LL BE THE DAY WHEN POOR BUDDY HOLLY LEFT TOO SOON WHILE THE EVERLY’S WAVED THEY’RE LOVE BYE BYE
AND WHEN THE BEATLES AND THE ROLLING STONES CAME ROCKI’N WITH SOME STYLE IT WASN’T LONG BEFORE THEY HAD THE WHOLE WORLD GOING WILD AND THE STONES GOT SATISFACTION AS THE BAD BOYS ON THE BLOCK
WHILE THE BEATLES THEY HUNG OUT WITH THE MAHARISHI

Ah Ah Ah Ah…

AND WHEN DYLAN SANG THE TIMES THEY RE A-CHANGING HE WAS RIGHT BUT WHAT WAS COMIN NO ONE KNEW FOR SURE
AND THE SONGS THAT WE WERE SINGING
THEY’RE STILL SINGING THEM TONIGHT
ROCKIN’ PNEUMONIA NEVER FOUND THE CURE
I THINK ABOUT THOSE CRAZY DAYS
THOSE DAYS OF ROCK ‘N ROLL THERE WAS R & B THE LOVE WAS FREE THERE WAS MUSIC IN THEIR SOULS THOUGH TIMES HAVE CHANGED BEEN REARRANGED THE MUSIC STILL ENDURES AS WE GROW OLD IT’S ALL THAT WE REMEMBER EACH SONG BRINGS BACK A MEMORY OF THE CRAZY TIMES WE HAD
AND THROUGH IT ALL WE STILL RECALL
THE GOOD TIMES AND THE BAD
WE NEVER CAN RELIVE THOSE DAYS
THEY’RE JUST A MEMORY
THEY’LL NEVER FADE AWAY
THEY’LL LIVE FOREVER

Shay Healy / Charlie McGettigan Bardis Music c.c. 2016
A Writersbox Production. With thanks to Ken O'Mahony & Dave Darragh at http://www.horsinaround.ie/ TV Productions