weit weit weit in die ferne man hrt man hrt die musik just got back from the downtown palais where the music was so sweet it knocked me right back in the alley i m ready yeah yeah yeah i m ready woah woah woah i m ready and i m really gonna rock tonight sweet little lady sings like a songbird and she sings the opera like you ain t never heard but she ain t ready no no no she ain t ready no no no she ain t ready and she ain t gonna rock and roll she s sweet on wagner i think she d die for beethoven she loves the way puccini lays down a tune and verdi s always creeping from her room weit weit in die ferne man hrt man hrt die musik come on i ll show you how to sing the blues now baby come on over you got nothing to lose are you ready hey hey hey are you ready ooh ooh ooh are you ready i wanna show you how to rock and roll now listen here baby she said to me just meet me at the opera house at quarter to three cause i m ready yeah yeah yeah i m ready woo hoo hoo i m ready i m gonna show you how to sing the blues  she s sweet on wagner i think she d die for beethoven she loves the way puccini lays down a tune and verdi s always creeping from her room oh far far away the music is playin well we were reelin and rockin all through the night yeah we were rockin at the opera house until the break of light and the orchestra was playin all chuck berry s greatest tunes and the singers in the chorus all got off on them singin blues and as the night grew older everybody was as one the people on the streets came runnin in to join in song just to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure i thought i saw the mayor there but i wasn t really sure but it s alright1