Rock & Roll

Serious parody/satire of famous VU song by Lou Reed written for Hawaiʻi water protectors. Rock & Roll (Red Hill Version) Original by Lou Reed, as performed by the Velvet Underground Music and Lyrics reworked by Rich Rath and played by same. Jamie said when she was just five years old There's nothing going down at all not at all Every time she turned on the radio station There was nothing going on at all not at all Then one fine morning she turned on the Honolulu station she couldn't believe what she heard at all she started dancin' to that fine fine music you know her life was saved by rock & roll rock & roll because of the deocccupation she would just dance to The rock & roll station and it was alright Jamie said when she was just 5 yrs old the US'll be the death of us all Leaking jet fuel in the water supply & saying nothing's going down at all not at all Then one fine morning she turned on the Honolulu station it said the military left one & all one & all After demilitarization she would just dance to The rock & roll station and it was alright Jamie said when she was just 8 yrs old There's nothing going on at all Three years since the military left & there's nothing going wrong at all not at all Each fine morning she turned the water faucet on, The water ran clear as day clear as day she'd start dancing to that fine, fine music, You know her life was saved by rock and roll rock & roll After the deoccupation, we would just dance to that rock and roll station And it was alright listen to me now.... [and it was alright - alright] repeat to ending