I want to tell you a story
Once upon a time there were five young guys
Hanging in and out of Newcastle
Playing rhythm and blues, they had nothing to lose
They didn't need that tinpan hassle
Over on the Reeperbahn, where the beat was born
Shocking the hearts of the nation
Sign of the times a search of life
Start of a new rock generation
From day one, to Kingdom come
I'd do it all again
I used to be an animal... but I'm alright now
Twenty years ago, we were children of war
But we danced to the Bo Diddley Beat
There were rockers and mods, we didn't take it to hard
We had blue suede shoes on our feet
A revolution in France and James Brown's dance
New world coming our way
Talk that talk on the streets of New York
And never looked back to this day
From day one, to the risin' sun
I'd do it all again
I used to be an animal... but I'm alright now
We were flippin 'and trippin'
And rockin' and rollin'
And generally havin' a ball
For the price of a drink, there was no time to think
About the morality of it all
There was freaks and queens and love-ins and has-beens
Whisky-a-gogos and all night flamingos
A psychedelic explosion in slow motion
Dr. Strangelove's bomb
From day one... to the risin' sun
I'd do it all again
I used to be an animal... but I'm alright now
Lot of money, didn't worry 'bout a job
The only things on my mind was... wine, women ... fast cars,
And Rock'n'Roll songs
Every day, every night, I'd sing Rock'n'Roll wherever I came
And one day..., I even brought home a Paycheck
Thinkin', my old man and my old lady used to say
What've you done... the young boy's crazy
I said no mama, no papa
Writer(s): Eric Burdon, Geoff Bastow, Michael Jackson Clark
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