Rock N Roll Lyrics

[Intro]
(Let 'em know that we're still rock and roll)

[Verse 1]
I don't care about my makeup
I like it better with my jeans all ripped up
Don't know how to keep my mouth shut
You say, "So what?" (What?)
I don't care if I'm a misfit
I like it better than the hipster bullshit
I am the motherfuckin' princess
You still love it (Yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]
Some, somehow it's a little different when I'm with you
You know what I really am all about
You know how it really goes (Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah)
Some, someway we'll be gettin' outta this town one day
You're the only one that I want with me
You know how the story goes (Oh, oh, oh)

[Chorus]
When it's you and me
We don't need no one to tell us who to be
We'll keep turning up the radio
What if you and I
Just put up a middle finger to the sky?
Let 'em know that we're still rock and roll

[Post-Chorus]
Rock and roll
Hey, hey, hey

Rock and roll
Hey, hey, hey

[Verse 2]
Call it a bad attitude, dude
I ain't never gonna cover up that tattoo
I might have a couple issues
You say, "Me too" (Yeah)
Don't care about a reputation (Nuh-uh)
Must be living in the wrong generation

This is your invitation
Let's get wasted (Yeah)

[Pre-Chorus]
Some, somehow it's a little different when I'm with you
You know what I really am all about
You know how the story goes (Oh, oh, oh)


[Chorus]
When it's you and me
We don't need no one to tell us who to be
We'll keep turning up the radio
What if you and I
Just put up a middle finger to the sky?
Let 'em know that we're still rock and roll
[Post-Chorus]
Rock and roll
Hey, hey, hey
Rock and roll
Hey, hey, hey
(Come on and show 'em how to) Rock and roll

[Breakdown]
Yeah
(Oh, oh, oh, oh, yeah)
(Oh, oh, yeah)

[Chorus]
When it's you and me
We don't need no one to tell us who to be
We'll keep turning up the radio
What if you and I
Just put up a middle finger to the sky? (To the sky)
Let 'em know that we're still rock and roll
When it's you and me
We don't need no one to tell us who to be (Yeah, yeah)
We'll keep turning up the radio (Still rock and roll)
What if you and I
Just put up (Yeah) a middle finger to the sky? (Rock and roll)
Let 'em know that we're still rock and roll
[Post-Chorus]
Rock and roll
(Hey) Hey, (Hey) hey, (Hey) hey
(We're gonna show 'em how to) Rock and roll
(Hey) Hey, (Hey) hey, (Hey) hey

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Genius Annotation

The song is musically more of the same with a fistful of stadium-rock flavour to match its title. Wrapped in glossy production, electric guitar power chords are synchronised to a thundering full drum kit and overhead handclaps.

Avril sing-shouts lyrics about care-free non-conformance in her usual piercing falling cadence and uses call-and-response with her multi-tracked self to insta-invoke classic rock anthems such as ‘I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll’ or ‘We Will Rock You’.

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