There's a downtown corner people downtown know
And a back beat rhythm on the radio
And the girl who listens to a young man's song
On the block I live on
In the place I'm from

Well the young man sitting on the dock of the bay
He took a long term trip on a first class plane
Now the whole world listens to that one man's song
On the block I live on
In the place I'm from

Tell me does it move you
Does it soothe you
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll

Does it move you
Does it soothe you
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll

(Rock and roll)
Ooh
(Rock and roll)
(Rock and roll)

Well the man in black sits on a screened in porch
Making birthday wishes
Seventy one almost
You can hear him singing chariot swing low
On the block I live on
In the place I know

Tell me does it move you
Does it soothe you
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll

Does it move you
Does it soothe you
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll

(Rock and roll)
(Rock and roll)
(Rock and roll)

Tell me does it move you
Does it soothe you
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll

Does it move you
Does it soothe you
Does it fill your heart and soul with the roots of rock and roll

Na na
Na na na na
I've been there before

Na na
Na na na na
I've been there before

Na na
Na na na na
I've been there before

Na na
Na na na na
I've been there before

(Na na)
When you can't get through it
(Na na na na)
(I've been there before)
You can listen to it
(Na na)
With a na na na na
(Na na na na)
Well I've been there before
(I've been there before)

(Na na)
When you can't get through it
(Na na na na)
(I've been there before)
You can listen to it
(Na na)
With a na na na na
(Na na na na)
Well I've been there before
(I've been there before)