Old Revolutions - Greg Johnson

Rock ‘n roll will never die

I read it on a Venice sign

Held by a man with no shirt and no shoes on

He had a smile that seemed to hold a little too long

It easy to just walk on through

And no one really notice you

Like a dream is the sound of the sea

She’s always had a hold on me

But old revolutions won’t change anything

Won’t bring back the king

Can’t stop the surf from rolling in

Ghosts of all the rebels gone

A half-remembered song

Stories that always seem just slightly wrong

There’s something about the passage of time

That makes a faraway look in your eyes

When there’s no one remembers the day

You can be whatever you say

When everything is said and done

You were probably just foolish and young

If the sound disappears from your head

You should assume your youth is finally dead

Old revolutions won’t change anything

Won’t bring back the king

Can’t stop the surf from rolling in

Ghosts of all the rebels gone

A half-remembered song

Stories that always seem to go too long

It’s hard to believe that love was ever king around here

I’d say things always were just as they now appear

If there were flowers then I doubt that any ever grew down here

Old revolutions won’t change anything

Won’t bring back the king

Can’t stop the surf from rolling in

Ageing rock 'n rollers never actually in a band

Lots of half-baked theories

That no one understands

Old revolutions won’t change anything

Won’t bring back the king

Can’t stop the surf from rolling in