Eric Burdon

I want to tell you a story
Once upon a time
There were five young guys
Hanging in and out of Newcastle,
Playing Rhythm and Blues
They had nothing to lose
They didnt need that tin-pan hassle
Over the Reeperbahn where the beat was born
Shocking the heart of the nation
Sign of the times
A new search in life
Start of a new rock generation
From day one to kingdom come
Id do it all again
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But Im all right now
All right now, baby
Twenty years ago we were children of war
But we danced to the Bo Diddley beat
There were rockers and mods,
We didnt take it too hard
We had blue suede shoes on our feet
A revolution in France and James Browns dance
A new world coming our way
Wed talk that talk in the streets of New York
And never looked back to this day
From day one to the risin sun
Ill do it all again
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But Im all right now
All right, all right, all right
Yeah, yeah, all right, whoa baby
We were flippin and trippin
And rockin and rollin
And generally havin a ball
For the price of a drink
There was no time to think about the morality of it all
There was freaks and queens and love-ins and has-beens
Whisky-a-gogos and all night flamingos
A psychedelic explosion in slow motion,
Dr Strangeloves bomb
From day one to the risin sun
Ill do it all again (whoa, oh, oh)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But Im all right now
All right, all right,
Yeah, yeah,
All right, all right,
Im all right now...
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