High life
Oh
Yeah
All right
Gather 'round, guys
It's time to start listenin'
Practice makes perfect
But perfect's not working
There's a lot more to music
Than knowing where your cue's gonna be
You can play all the right notes
But that don't mean you're movin' me
But if you can jump like David Lee Roth
Or pump your fist like you're Bruce "The Boss"
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll
Rock n' roll
Strum it, drum it
Slide across and run it
The stage is your home
If you learn how to own it like the greats did
There's no way that you can fake it
You've gotta feel the beat before you can move
Even though you're not wearing blue suede shoes
And making mistakes
Well, they won't matter
If you can swagger like ol' Mick Jagger
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll
You can rock n' roll
(Solo)
If you live and die for the music inside
If the 1-4-5 never gets old
Then you can rock n' roll
Rock n' roll
All right, now take it low
Now I need the spotlight to hit me
Right here
As the crowd starts to cheer
I need the fan to blow right through my rockstar hair
Right here
If you can scream like Axl Rose
Or sing like Xtina, show after show
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll, yeah
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll
You can rock n' roll
You can rock n' roll
Yeah
All right
Gather 'round, guys
It's time to start listenin'
Practice makes perfect
But perfect's not working
There's a lot more to music
Than knowing where your cue's gonna be
You can play all the right notes
But that don't mean you're movin' me
But if you can jump like David Lee Roth
Or pump your fist like you're Bruce "The Boss"
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll
Rock n' roll
Strum it, drum it
Slide across and run it
The stage is your home
If you learn how to own it like the greats did
There's no way that you can fake it
You've gotta feel the beat before you can move
Even though you're not wearing blue suede shoes
And making mistakes
Well, they won't matter
If you can swagger like ol' Mick Jagger
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll
You can rock n' roll
(Solo)
If you live and die for the music inside
If the 1-4-5 never gets old
Then you can rock n' roll
Rock n' roll
All right, now take it low
Now I need the spotlight to hit me
Right here
As the crowd starts to cheer
I need the fan to blow right through my rockstar hair
Right here
If you can scream like Axl Rose
Or sing like Xtina, show after show
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll, yeah
If you've got heart and soul
You can rock n' roll
You can rock n' roll
You can rock n' roll
Lyrics submitted by thoseguiltyeyes
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I like this song it's all right but i love nate i find him hot and fit lol yehhh