I Used To Be An Animal

Once upon a time there were five young guys

Hanging in and out of Newcastle

Playing Rhythm and Blues had nothing to lose

They didn't need no tin-pan hassle

Over Reeperbahn where the beat was born

Shocking the heart of the nation

A sign of the times, a new search of life

Start of a new rock generation

From day one to kingdom come

I'd do it all again

I used to be an animal

I used to be an animal

I used to be an animal

But I'm alright now

Alright now, girl, alright

Just twenty years ago, we were children of war

But we danced to the Bo Diddley beat

There was rockers and mods, didn't take it too hard

We had blue suede shoes on our feet

A revolution in France and James Brown's dance

A new world coming our way

We'd talk that talk in the streets of New York

And never looked back to this day

From day one to the risin' sun

I'll do it all again

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

But I'm all right now

Used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

Used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

Used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

Now, all right, all right, all right

Yeah, yeah, all right

We were flippin' and trippin'

And rockin' and rollin' and generally havin' a ball

For the price of a drink there was no time

To think about the morality of it all

There was freaks and queens and love-ins and has beens

Whisky-a-gogos and all night flamingos

A psychedelic explosion in slow motion

Dr Strangelove's bomb

From day one to kingdom come

I'd do it all again

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

But I'm alright, now

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

I used to be an animal

(He used to be an animal)

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