La-la, la-la-la-la-la

La-la, la-la-la-la-la

Saw you walking down the street

Holding hands with some other guy

Wearing sharkskin suit, black patent leather boots

Big brown flying saucer eyes

I didn′t talk to you then, you was kissing your friend

Besides it was the wrong time and place

I went home and took a shower

Read "Our Lady Of The Flowers" by Jane Genet

I knew we'd meet again

Don′t want your diamonds

Don't want your gold

I want your love, I want your soul

Oh, come on, babe, let's have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let′s have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let′s have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let's have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la)

Sweet rock and roll

I searched all over town, queers and dudes hanging around

No one had ever seen a chick like you before

I hit strip joints and museums, bars and clubs and Jesus

I even prayed in the cathedral for your soul

Then one rainy winter Tuesday, I saw you on the subway

You were heading for the tunnel near the door

I pressed my face against the glass, you sped by me in a flash

Like a motorcycle crash, you smoked my skull

Don′t want your diamonds

Don't want your gold

I want your love, I want your soul

Oh, come on, babe, let′s have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let's have a good time, woo!

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let′s have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let's have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la)

Sweet rock and roll

Here she comes now

Alright

So there I was again, walking in the pourin' rain

Wondering who and why and where and what you were

I had hallucinatory dreams, shivers, sweats and screams

Like an opium withdrawal, only worse

Then on one hot summer night I took a motorcycle ride

Saw you looking really evil, spitting fire from your eyes

Like a rockabilly queen ′bout to kickstart your machine

Like a fighter pilot flying off to war

You had a tight black leather jacket

Skull and crossbones on the back

God bless the soul of sweet Gene Vincent

There you were, I said

Don′t want your diamonds

Don't want your gold

I want your love, I want your soul

Come on, babe, let′s have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let's have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) woo-woo-woo, let′s have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) lwoo-woo-woo, let's have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la)

Sweet, sweet rock and roll

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) let′s have a good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) good time, good time, good time

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la) good time, good time, good time, woo-hoo!

(La-la, la-la-la-la-la)

Sweet, sweet, sweet rock and roll