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