Sir Richard Starkey MBE b. July 7, 1940

…take a trip, around the world,

hey hey!

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Sir Mick Jagger b.July 26, 1943

The lady then she covered me with roses,

She blew my nose and then she blew my mind.

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John Ono Lennon b. October 9, 1940

I'm sick and tired of hearing things
From uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded hypocrites.
All I want is the truth,
Just gimme some truth.
    -"Gimme Some Truth" by J.Lennon 1971

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Jerry Lee Lewis b. September 29, 1935

Forty twenty-five, forty ninety-eight
I threw a rock'n'roll party on my last birthday
And it was good, rockin' my life away
I been a movin' and a groovin'
And gettin' it both night and day

   -"Rockin' My Life Away" by M.Vickery 1979

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Bruce Springsteen b.September 23, 1949

I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396,
Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor.
She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot,
Outside the Seven-Eleven store.
Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
And he rides with me from town to town.
We only run for the money, got no strings attached,
We shut 'em up and then we shut 'em down.
    - "Racing in the Street" B.Springsteen 1978

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Joe Perry b. September 10, 1950

When you're low down and dirty
From walkin' the street
With your old hurdy gurdy
No one to meet
Said, love ain't the same
On the south side of town
You could look
But you ain't gonna find it around

It's the same old story
Same old song & dance, my friend.
  -"Same Old Song & Dance"
             by J.Perry & S.Tyler 1974


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Ringo Starr/Richard Starkey MBE b. July 7, 1940

Lives on a farm, got plenty of 

charm, beep, beep.

He's got no cows but he's sure got 

  a whole lotta sheep.

And brand new wife and a family,

And when he comes to town,

I wonder if he'll play with me.

Laying in bed, watching tv, cookie!

With his mama by his side, she's japanese.

They scream and they cried, now they're free,

And when he comes to town,

I know he's gonna play with me.

He's a long-haired, cross-legged 

guitar picker, um-um.

With his long-legged lady in the garden 

  picking daisies for his soup.

A forty acre house he doesn't see,

'Cause he's always in town

Playing for you with me.

I play guitar, a - d - e.

I don't play bass 'causethat's too hard for me.

I play the piano only if it's in c.

And when i go to town i wanna see all three.

   -"Early 1970" by R.Starkey 1971

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Sir James Paul McCartney, MBE, Hon RAM, FRCM b. June 18, 1942

I was walking down the street the other day,
Who did I meet?
I met a friend of mine and he did say,
"Man, I can smell your feet a mile away!"


Smile away, smile away, smile away
Yeah, smile away

 -"Smile Away" by P.McCartney, 1971


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