What Is Rock?! lyrics

Song information

Artist: Turbonegro
Album: Retox

Lyrics

What is rock
Rock is the area between the balls and the anus of a dog or a man
What is rock
Rock is the possibility of choking on your own vomit in the back of a rapists van
What is rock
Denim-clad satanists making love in the sewers of birmingham during maggie thatchers prime
What is rock?
Rock is meeting the grim reaper in a sports arena stampede at the tender age of nine

We keep on trucking, why oh why
Spreading like cancer my oh my

What is rock?
Backwards messages to boys and girls, to bring machines guns to the schools
What is rock?
No I'm not talking about canadian producer and 5th metallica bob rock you fool
What is rock?
Old acdc, cleveland, ohio, well basically it's harder and heavier
And slightly more blues based than pop
What is rock?
Historians keep nagging about fun house but me? I think kill city is where its at

After decades of indie and house
6 cats from oslo killed the mouse

We saved rock n roll, all on our own, enforced the toll on rock and roll
We saved rock n roll, with our bare hands, we saved that god damned rock n roll.. so skål!

But it ain't for free, we got a crew they are our employees
They need be catered, they got their own nice bus
They've got worthy lives thanks to us

Endless wait at the airport to pick up my bags
Feeling so tired, I could lay down and die
Runes walking on stage and plays the wrong chord
Roadies laughing so hard they're wiping their eyes
Many of them skilled musicians, multiracial and tattooed
But we're the main attraction goddamn it those guys ain't got a clue

After the show sometimes we fraternize, together in the dark back lounge
Pat each others shoulders try to groove on a feeling, digging the old school sounds
We ride and ride into the night and the temperatures getting hot
But somehow the chemistry's never right
Coz we're doing blow and they smoke pot!

We saved rock n roll, all on our own, enforced the toll on rock n roll
We saved rock n roll, with our bare hands, we saved that goddamned rock n roll

Where do we go from here, what can we do?
We can go left, we can go right?
Or you can go down on me
What are we doing here? whats important in life?
My generation? my wife? oh! what is rock? I don't care!
Wheres the cash, wheres the cash
The money the money the money money money
The money the money the money money money
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