gather round cats and i ll tell you a story about how to become an all american boy buy you a guitar and put it in tune you ll be a rockin and a rollin soon impressin the girls hittin hot licks and all that jazz i bought me a guitar a year ago learned how to play it in a day or so and all around town it was well understood that i was knocking em out like johnny b goode hot licks showing off ah number one well i practiced all day and up into the night my papa s hair was a turnin white cause he didn t like rock and roll he said you can stay boy but that s gotta go he s a square he just didn t dig me at all so i took my guitar picks and all bid farewell to my poor old pa i split for memphis where they say you all and them swinging cats are a havin a ball session hot lick and all they dig me i rocking and bopping and getting all the breaks the girls all said that i had what it takes when up stepped a man with a big cigar he said come here kid i m gonna make you a star  i ll put you on bandstand buy you a cadillac sign here kid i signed the name and became a star having a ball with my guitar driving a big long cadillac and fighting the girls off n my back they just keep a comin screaming yeah they love it so i picked my guitar with a great big grin and the money just kept on pouring in and then one day my uncle sam says knocking here i am uncle sam needs you boy i m ah gonna cut your hair off take this rifle kid gimme that guitar yeah