The Marshall Plan - Live at the Old Waldorf, San Francisco, CA - September 1980

In a dark horse town, in the middle of the west
 Where Friday takes so long to arrive
 Johnny wakes up dreaming, turns on the radio
 Then he wakes up, plays his guitar in the mirror
 Starts his day with a rock and roll pose
 Tonight's the night that Susie and he
 Are going to a rock and roll show
 Tonight I'm gonna see some rock and roll
 Yeah, my favorite group is playing
 Tonight I'm gonna see some rock and roll
 Now it's showtime and he's caught up in the crowd
 He hates the crush, but he loves the music loud
 He reaches out and Susie's disappeared
 Now Johnny's standing on a corner after the show
 Looking for his Susie dear
 But there goes his Susie in the band's limousine
 Well, that's the way it goes at these rock and roll shows
 That's the way it goes, it's rock and roll
 That's the way it goes, it's rock and roll
 Now Susie's gone, and Johnny hears the thunder
 As he rolls another number and he counts
 He counts the times he's felt himself to be the hero
 'Cause ever since he was a boy he's heard about adventure
 As he looks into the mirror, now he knows
 That he must be the star and play guitar like thunder
 Find Susie at his rock and roll show
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 Yeah, if I only had a good guitar and a big amplifier
 It wouldn't be no other guy taking my girl away
 Yeah, I think I know what I gotta do, I'll put an ad in the paper
 Get together with some other people who wants to play rock and roll as much as I do
 Yeah, won't playin' no surf music
 I'll play it hard, I'll play it bad, I'll play it loud
 I think I know just what I want it to sound like, yeah
 It will sound like
 It will sound like
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 This is Don Kirshner
 And tonight on Don Kirshner's Rock Concert
 A new phenomenon in the music world
 With six million albums to his credit in just two short years
 My good friend, here's Johnny
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 Now Johnny became a legend in his time
 He found it easier to live in pain
 Half a hero in a hard-hearted game
 Now it's showtime and he's caught up in the flow
 He hates the rush but he needs the music so
 Still he reaches out, but Susie's disappeared
 Well, that's the way it goes at these rock and roll shows
 It's rock and roll
 That's the way it goes
 It's rock and roll
 That's the way it goes
 It's rock and roll
 That's the way it goes
 It's rock and roll