The Beat That Can't Be Beat

Just let me hear some of that rock and roll music

Any old way you choose it

It's got a back beat, you can't lose it

Any old time you use it

It's gotta be rock and roll music

If you wanna dance with me

If you wanna dance with me



I have no kick against modern jazz

Unless they try to play it too darn fast

And change the beauty of the melody

Until they sound just like a symphony



That's why I go for that rock and roll music

Any old way you choose it

It's got a back beat, you can't lose it

Any old time you use it

It's gotta be rock and roll music

If you want to dance with me

If you want to dance with me



I took my loved one over cross the tracks

So she can hear my man a wailin' sax

I must admit they have a rockin' band

Man, they were goin' like a hurricane



That's why I go for that rock and roll music

Any old way you choose it

It's got a back beat, you can't lose it

Any old time you use it

It's gotta be rock and roll music

If you wanna dance with me

If you wanna dance with me



Way down South they gave a jubilee,

The jokey folks they had a jamboree;

They're drinkin' homebrew from a water cup,

The folks dancin' got all shook up



And started playin' that rock and roll music

Any old way you choose it

It's got a back beat, you can't lose it

Any old time you use it

It's gotta be rock and roll music

If you wanna dance with me

If you wanna dance with me



Don't care to hear 'em play a tango

I'm in the mood to dig a mambo

It's way to early for a congo

So keep a rockin' that piano



So I can hear some of that rock and roll music

Any old way you choose it

It's got a back beat, you can't lose it

Any old time you use it

It's gotta be rock and roll music

If you wanna dance with me

If you wanna dance with me