The All American Boy

Album: Tacky Tunes (1959)
Charted: 22 2
Play Video
  • Gather 'round, cats, and I'll tell you a story
    About how to become an All American Boy
    Buy you a guitar and put it in tune
    You'll be rockin' and rollin' soon.
    Impressin' the girls, pickin' hot licks, and all that jazz

    I-I bought me a guitar a year ago
    Learned how to play in a day or so
    And all around town it was well understood
    That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B. Goode
    Hot licks, showin' off, ah number one.

    Well , I 'd practice all day and up into the night
    My papa's hair was turnin' white
    Cause he didn't like rock'n'roll
    He said "You can stay, boy, but that's gotta go."
    He's a square, he just didn't dig me at all

    So I took my guitar, picks and all
    And bid farewell to my poor ole pa
    And I split for Memphis where they say all
    Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball
    Sessions, hot licks and all, they dig me

    I was rockin' and boppin' and I's a gettin' the breaks
    The girls all said that I had what it takes
    When up stepped a man with a big cigar
    He said "come here, cat--I'm gonnna make you a star."
    "I'll put you on Bandstand, buy ya a Cadillac, sign here, kid."

    I signed my name and became a star
    Havin' a ball with my guitar
    Driving a big long Cadillac and fightin' the girls off ma back
    They just kept a'comin', screamin', yeah-they like it

    So I'd pick my guitar with a great big grin
    And the money just kept on pourin' in
    But then one day my Uncle Sam
    He said (sound of 3 footsteps) "Here I am"
    "Uncle Sam needs you, boy
    I'm-a gonna cut your hair
    ah-Take this rifle, kid
    Gimme that guitar" yeah. Writer/s: EDWARD SEVERIN BROWNE
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Timothy B. Schmit

Timothy B. SchmitSongwriter Interviews

The longtime Eagle talks about soaring back to his solo career, and what he learned about songwriting in the group.

80s Video Director Jay Dubin

80s Video Director Jay DubinSong Writing

Billy Joel and Hall & Oates hated making videos, so they chose a director with similar contempt for the medium. That was Jay Dubin, and he has a lot to say on the subject.

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in Songs

Let Me Be Your Teddy Bear: Teddy Bears and Teddy Boys in SongsSong Writing

Elvis, Little Richard and Cheryl Cole have all sung about Teddy Bears, but there is also a terrifying Teddy song from 1932 and a touching trucker Teddy tune from 1976.

The Truth Is Out There: A History of Alien Songs

The Truth Is Out There: A History of Alien SongsSong Writing

The trail runs from flying saucer songs in the '50s, through Bowie, blink-182 and Katy Perry.

Church Lyrics

Church LyricsMusic Quiz

Here is the church, here is the steeple - see if you can identify these lyrics that reference church.

Don Dokken

Don DokkenSongwriter Interviews

Dokken frontman Don Dokken explains what broke up the band at the height of their success in the late '80s, and talks about the botched surgery that paralyzed his right arm.