Rock 'n' Roll I Gave You the Best Years of My Life Songtext / Lyric

’71 in Soho, when I saw Suzanne
I was trying to go it solo, with someone else’s band
And she came up to me later and I took her by the hand
And I told her all my troubles and she seemed to understand And she followed me through London, through a hundred hotel rooms
Through a hundred record companies, who didn’t like my tunes
And she followed me when, finally, I sold my old guitar
And she tried to help me understand, I’d never be a star

Rock 'n' Roll, I gave you all the best years of my life
All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moon-lit summer nights
And though I never knew the magic of making it with you
Thank the Lord for giving me the little bit I knew
And I will always be one step behind you

Rock 'n' Roll, I gave you all the best years of my life
Singing out my love songs in the brightly flashing lights
And though I never knew the magic of making it with you
Thank the Lord for giving me the little bit I knew

Oh, Rock 'n' Roll, I gave you all the best years in my life
All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moon-lit summer nights
I was so busy in the back room writing love songs to you
And you were changing your direction, never even knew

Oh, Rock 'n' Roll, I gave you all the best years in my life
All the dreamy sunny Sundays, all the moon-lit summer nights
And though I never knew the magic of making it with you
Thank the Lord for giving me the little bit I knew