One Hundred Thousand Bands

One Hundred Thousand Bands

Well they played that song on the radio
and they played it again and again
Now every time I hear that song I remember when
They came from Liverpool and Memphis,
New York and Philadelphia, PA
They came from Cleveland, Detroit and Seattle,
The City of Angels, and The City by the Bay

One hundred thousand bands all dreaming of paradise
Records of gold if you can just grab hold
and so they just jump in
You know they don’t think twice
One million longing hearts all beating in common time
Hopes and dreams set to a melody
with a Rock’n’Roll rhythm
And an almost perfect rhyme

There were kids beneath the streetlight
on the corner by the avenue
Singing doo-**** songs sing them all night long,
there voices clear and pure and true

There were girls with beehive hairdos
and boys with red guitars
And surfer dudes with manic moods
singing songs about their cars

Somewhere there’s a baby being born
With a secret beat in its heart
Right this instance there’s a baby being born
And he can’t wait to play
no she can’t wait to start
One hundred thousand bands

Well they played that song on the radio
And they played it again and again
Now sometimes when I hear that song
You know I feel today just like I felt back then

One hundred thousand bands all dreaming of paradise
I saw your video on my TV screen,
you know they played it all day
And then they played it all night

One million longing hearts all beating in common time
Hopes and dreams set to a melody
with a Rock’n’Roll rhythm
nd a perfect rhyme all dreaming of,
all dreaming of paradise