This is the story bout a boy from out of town
Who learned his lessons from the things he's seen going down
Sometimes he feels so tired and worn
Sometimes he feels like he's just been born
But mostly he just keeps rolling on
Singing his song, right or wrong
Well it's a long long way
From the bottom of the ladder to the top
But in you that once he started
Then there just was no way he'd ever stop
Chuck Berry records and a cheap guitar
The slightest chance that he could go far
The praise that kept him rolling on
Singing his song, right or wrong
And when he wonders what it's all about
He's got his friends to help him work it out
He's got his friends and there's nowhere
To wanna walk him real bad
And all those people who just put him down
They'll realize exactly what he's found
He's got his friends and there's nowhere
To wanna walk him real bad
Well it's a long long way
From the bottom of the ladder to the top
But in you that once he started
Then there just was no way he'd ever stop
Sometimes he feels so tired and worn
Sometimes he feels like he's just been born
But mostly he just keeps rolling on
Singing his song, right or wrong
And when he wonders what it's all about
He's got his friends to help him work it out
He's got his friends and there's nowhere
To wanna walk him real bad
And all those people who just put him down
They'll realize exactly what he's found
He's got his friends and there's nowhere
To wanna walk him real bad