i remember as a child i used to hear music that they played lord with a feel some call it folk some call it soul but people let me tell you it was rock and roll i was raised on rock i got rhythm in my soul every day when i got home i turned on my radio listening to the music that my idols made i knew every single record the dj s played a honky tonk a hound dog a johnny b goode chain gang love is strange knock on wood i was raised on rock i got rhythm in my soul i was born to love the beat i was made for rock and roll some thought it was a fad thought that it would pass but the younger generation knew it would last time s gone by the beat goes on but every time i hear it lord it takes me home i was raised on rock i got rhythm in my soul every day when i got home i turned on my radio mother played recordings of beethoven s fifth mozart s sonatas down the classical liszt my papa loved to listen to those country songs while i was in the back room rocking on i was raised on rock i got rhythm in my soul i was born to love the beat i was made for rock and roll i was raised on rock i got rhythm in my soul i was born to love the beat i was made for rock and roll i was raised on rock i got rhythm in my soul