They Were Kings

They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Rock 'n' roll, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Everybody got to know
Everybody got to sing!

Yeah!

I got to tell(?) everybody 'bout…
1-2-3, go!

They were kings!

Alright!
Rock 'n' roll music
Don't need to be such a drag
There're a whole lotta bands
That put my head in the bag

Crazy…
Say "Yeah, Baby!"
And put the…on your hips
So good
So fine
And they were livin' in-a my lifetime!

Talk about the…
The Gories were first
Outta sight!
Mickey and Peg
Danny were cool
Thunderbird, baby
ESQ
Long before the Fortune building
Was torn down
They inspired a scene
Give 'em the crowd!

They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Rock 'n' roll, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Everybody got to know
Everybody got to sing!

Come on, Travis!

Singin' some more
About a band that's great–
Destination lonely in Ohio state
Six-strings of fury twice(?)
Look out, man!
Cheater Slicks burnin' up the Chevy Van
Fourteen levels above you and me…
And they are kings – buddy!

Shannon brothers huntin' for the hottest spot
They got the…psychedelic record shop
Dana Hatch is workin' at the counter of a White Castle
Yes
They were kings!
Misunderstood geniuses
Of-a rock-and-roll!
Wearin' sideburns…

They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Rock 'n' roll, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Everybody got to know
Everybody got to sing!

Come on, Matt Verta-Ray!

Let's do it…
They were kings, everybody!
They were kings!
They were kings, everybody! Yeah!
They were kings!
Rock 'n' roll, baby!
They were kings!
Ohhh they were kings, baby
They were kings
Don't you see
Everybody got to know/They were kings!
Everybody got to sing!
They were kings!

Way out in the desert
In the Arizona sun
Two crazy ladies' men
Made their own kind of fun
Lookin' at the people
At the Holiday Inn
Shootin' bows and arrows
Like it ain't no thing
Dig that sound
Get with it, dad!
I'm talkin' 'bout the great…
Doo Rag!

Bob had the blues
…
Down at the The Junket
That's where Thermos would play
Everything homemade
You shoulda' heard 'em sing
Through a vacuum cleaner
Man, they were kings/They were kings!
They were kings everybody
Livin' in-a my lifetime!

They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Rock 'n' roll, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
They were kings, baby!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Everybody got to know
Everybody got to sing!

Yeah!

They were kings, motherf#&!@r!
Awwwww – mother-humper!
Yes
They were kings alright
Ladies and gentlemen
You know it's alright
They were kings!
They were kings, motherf#&!@r!
Yeah!
They were kings!
Rock 'n' roll, motherf#&!@r!
They were kings!
They were kings, motherf#&!@r!
They were kings!
Everybody got to know
Everybody got to sing!

Mo-therf#&!@r!
Kings…

Composed by Jon Spencer / Matt Verta-Ray
© 2007 Patricia Ann Music / Marsupial Parlay Vous (BMI)