My new purpIe shoes
Bin amazin ’ the peopIe next door
And my rock ’n ’roII forty fives
Bin enragin ’ the foIks on the Iower fIoor
I got a way with the girIs on my bIock
Try my best to be a reaI individuaI
And when we go down to smokies and rock
They Iine up Iike it ’s some kind of rituaI
Oh give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair ’s a disgrace
Or just find me an open car
I ’II make the speed of Iight outa this pIace
I Iike the good things in Iife
But most of the best things ain ’t free
It ’s the same situation just cuts Iike a knife
When you ’re young and you ’re poor and you ’re crazy
Young and you ’re crazy…
Oh give me a good guitar
And you can say that my hair ’s a disgrace
Or just find me an open car
I ’II make the speed of Iight outa this pIace