The Oldest Rock and Roller

(from the CD Stark Raving Songs)

He's wrinkled and bitter, but he's still in the biz
He knows what once was and he knows what now is
He stays up all night, and he drinks and he smokes
He still likes wild women and he loves a good joke.
He's seen his fair share of the good and the bad
Some say he's a genius and some say he's mad
He's sick and he's tired and he's got a bad cough
He was already ancient when the big bang went off.

God's the oldest rock and roller in the world
And it's time he found himself a steady girl
He's a doer, he's a dreamer; he's a crooner, he's a screamer
God's the oldest rock and roller in the world.

He's got the biggest guitar that has ever been seen
He plays it real loud and he plays it real mean
He writes crazy words and he sings crazy songs
People keep predicting he'll be dead before long.
He's got roadies and gofers and groupies galore
Just like the Beatles but a billion times more
Record producers go weak at the knees
Madonna once said to him "Please play with me."

He was there for the rise and the fall of the czars
He was there for the breakdown of the USSR
He was there when the dinosaurs faded away
And he'll be there for the breakdown of the US of A.
He was there when the Mongols rode to their fate
He was there when Great Britain became not so great
He's watched the processions of empires and kings
He's been everywhere and he's seen everything.