(原詩)

Just the other day
I got a call from a friend
"I heard what you been playin'
And I think it's a sin
Why can't you make a living
Like the rest of the boys
Instead of fillin' your head
With all that synthesized noise? "

Jackals wait nearby,
Watching rock and roll die
And no one dared to help it
Vultures fill the sky

I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
But we all got sold
It must be the death of rock and roll

The critics got together
And they started a game
You get your records for nothing
And you call each other names
Things got out of hand
And somebody got sore
Now we're all tuning up
For the rock and roll war

Time to take up sides,
Helping rock and roll die
Pick up your check at the window
No one left to cry

Said, I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
(Supposed ta be free)
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
(Supposed ta be free)
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
But we all got sold
It must be the death of rock and roll

Nobody paid, nobody played, nobody stayed
Just my lonely guitar
Nobody paid, nobody stayed, nobody played
Just my lonely guitar

(interlude)

Must be the death of rock and roll
Must be the death of rock and roll
Must be the death of rock and roll
Must be the death of rock,
The death of rock and roll

I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
(Supposed ta be free)
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
(Supposed ta be free)
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
(Supposed ta be free)
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
(Supposed ta be free)
I thought we was supposed ta,
Supposed ta be free
But we all got sold
Must be the death of rock and roll