It Will Stand (Expanded Edition Bonus Track)

(album: Jonathan Richman & The Modern Lovers - 1976)

You take some music, music
Sweet flowing music
A little moving and grooving
And rock and roll will stand

You take some heart beats drum beats
Finger popping and a-stomping feet
A little dance that look so neat
You see why it will stand

But, some folks don't understand it
And that's why they don't demand it
They're out trying to ruin
But, forgive them for they know not what they're doing

Well, ah, don't you misname it
In fact you might as well claim it
It's swept this whole wide land
Rock and roll forever will stand
Alright

Hear those guitars twanging
Sharp as lightning
Hear those drums beat
Louder than thunder

But, some folks don't understand it
And that's why they don't demand it
They're out trying to ruin
But, forgive them for they know not what they're doing

But, don't you misname it
In fact you might as well claim it
It's swept this whole wide land
Sinking deep in the heart of man
Come on boy take my hand
Come on boy join in on our plan
Come on boy be a man
'Cause rock and roll will stand

Sinking deep in the heart of man
Come on boy take my hand
Come on boy be a man
'Cause rock and roll will stand

Let's do it all over again
I feel good let's do it again
It'll be here for ever and ever
Ain't gonna fade
Never, no never

It's swept this whole wide land
Sinking deep in the heart of man
Come on boy take my hand
Come on boy join in on our plan
Come on boy be a man
'Cause rock and roll will stand