in a little town in idaho way back in 61 a man was fryin burgers gee it seemed like lots of fun but to his friend the bun boy he confessed it s misery i think i d like to start a group so come along with me and all you stations across the nation please play our records for your congregation the band soon started boomin they were rakin in the coin they found a few musicians and persuaded them to join and paul revere decided since they had such newfound fame we need a fancy title and the raiders they became and all you stations across the nation please play our records for your congregation soon packed up for hollywood to reap their fortunes there the streets aren t really paved with gold and you can t live on air and then dick clark approached them said i know a thing or two i ll put you on a tv show and make big stars of you and all you stations across the nation please play our records for your congregation now things are goin groovy and we really can t complain though the pace of rock n rollin nearly drives us all insane and everybody s pushin sayin give it all you can come to think of it our business manager s our biggest fan and all you stations across the nation please play our records for your congregation  how s that guys you think i got across the message and the story in the song you think it s ok what do you think terr phil paul smitty what do you think guys ray how s that ray ray s the engineer folks how s that ray think that ll get em smile yup