The Kinks Follow

See Johnny Thunder sitting on his motorbike
Riding along the highway
Rock and Roll songs from the nineteen-fifties
Buzzing around in his brain
Johnny Thunder, he's one of the original bebop generation
And he's got no time for complicated music or too much sophistication

He's one of the survivors
The motorbike riders
You ought to see Johnny Thunder riding down the highway
He's one of the rock and roll survivors
Twelve bars flowing through his brain
He digs Jerry Lee Lewis, Dion and The Belmonts
And Johnny and The Hurricanes

He plays Hound Dog, Oh Boy, and Great Balls of Fire
And Boppin' at The High School Hop
And he's got no time for phonies or posers
'Cos they don't know how to reel and rock
And he plays Little Egypt and Ooh Poo Pah Doo
And he plays Poison Ivy and Blue Suede Shoes
The Hollywood Argyles, Danny and The Juniors
Dion and The Belmonts, Johnny and The Hurricanes

He's one of the survivors
The boppers and the jivers
Yeah and he rocks all day

Got my freedom riding along the freeway
I ride a hundred miles an hour but I don't mess up my D.A.
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock and roll
Rock, rock, rock, rock, rock and roll

Feel those vibrations flow in my brain
Got my freedom riding down the highway
Keeps me sane, feel alive
I'm one of the survivors

Old Johnny Thunder looks a little overweight
And his sideburns are turning grey
But he still likes to bebop, boogie and jive
To his worn out seventy-eights
Johnny Thunder
He's alright

He's one of the survivors
The boppers and the jivers
Yeah and he rocks all day
Johnny and The Hurricanes, Johnny and The Hurricanes

See Johnny Thunder sitting on his motorbike
Riding along the highway
Rock and Roll songs from the nineteen-fifties