In The Days Before Rock 'N' Roll

Justin, gentler than a man
I am down on my knees
At the wireless knobs
I am down on my knees
At those wireless knobs
Telefunken, Telefunken.

And I'm searching for
Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Athlone, Budapest, A F N
Hilversum, Helvetia
In the days before rock 'n' roll.

In the days before rock 'n' roll
In the days before rock 'n' roll.

When we let, then we bet
On Lester Piggott when we met
We let the goldfish go
In the days before rock 'n' roll.

Fats, Fats did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Fats did not come in
Without those wireless knobs
Elvis did not come in
Without those wireless knobs.

Nor Fats, nor Elvis
Nor Sonny, nor Lightning
Nor Muddy, nor John Lee.

In the days before rock 'n' roll
In the days before rock 'n' roll.

When we let and we bet
On Lester Piggott 10 to 1
We let the goldfish go
Down the stream
Before rock 'n' roll.

We went over the wavebands
We'd get Luxembourg
Luxembourg and Athlone.

A F M, stars of jazz
Come in, come in, come in, Ray Charles
Come in, the high priest.

In the days before rock 'n' roll
In the days before rock 'n' roll.

When we let and we bet
On Lester Piggott 10 to 1
We let the goldfish go.

And then the, and then, and then, and then, and then
Then killer came along, the killer
The killer, Jerry Lee Lewis
There's a whole lotta shakin' goin' on
Great balls of fire
Little Richard.

Justin, gentler than a man
Justin, Justin, where is Justin now?
What's Justin doing now?
Just, where is Justin now?
Come aboard.