Rock & Roll Hostage

 


Rock and roll hostage

Ransomed for nickels and dimes

Tied up in bondage

Beggin’ to be free on time

I didn’t know what I had to lose

When I started dealing rhythm and blues

Rock and roll hostage ransom for nickels and dimes

 

Sometimes in my darkness

When nothing is on the line

Waiting for something in my life to shine

I can see the sad reflection

In the eyes of all my friends

And I cannot help but wonder where it ends

 

Rock and roll hostage

Ransomed for nickels and dimes

Tied up in bondage

Livin’ on a tune and a rhyme

I didn’t know what I had to lose

When I started dealing rhythm and blues

Rock and roll hostage ransom for nickels and dimes

Rock and roll hostage ransom for nickels and dimes

 

Repeat refrain

 

 

 Written by Tom Shipley
 1975 Talking Beaver Music/BMI

 From the B&S album "Welcome To Riddle Bridge"

 Capitol Records released 1976

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        Last modified: 04/07/2008