When Rock Was King - Jimi Jamison

A yellowed eight by ten in a ragged press kit folder

A tattered poster hanging on my bedroom wall

A snakeskin jacket in the back row of my closet

I can hear the echoes as the music rocks the hall

A bygone day in its grandeur and its glory

The scent of illegal incense in the air

Everyone i know has at least a few good stories

But if you recall the eighties — were you really there?

Hop aboard this laser beam — it’s eighties on my time machine

When rock was king

Zeppelin dropped the wrecking ball

Loverboy would lead the call — to keep rocking

These times are taller than the tale

You can’t exaggerate the power and the scale

When rock was king

Styx would rock the paradise — survivor saw with tiger’s eye

When rock was king

Motley crue and toto too — boston — kansas and mr.

mister

We lived the dream

Even though eighties are a triumph come and gone

The tenors of these times are singing strong

When rock was king

When ac/dc rock the sheds

Angus would take control

Ann wilson left the house in shreds — with heart

Stopping rock and roll

When rock was our religion

Big dreams — big hairs — big visions

Quiet riot felt the noise — 38 special were wild-eyed boys

When rock was king

Surrendering to the cheap trick — with reo and aerosmith

When got our wings

So climb aboard the starship — rainbow bound

This journey’s come full circle to the sound

When rock was king — when rock was king — when rock was king

Everything old is new again — when rock was king

Everything new is old again — when rock was king