All American Boy

All American Boy - Bobby Bare

Gather round cats and I'll tell you a story

'Bout how to become an all American boy

Buy you a guitar and put it in tune

You'll be a rockin' and a rollin' soon

Impressin' the girls pickin'

Hot licks and all that jazz

Ah I bought me a guitar a year ago

Learned how to play in a day or so

And all around town it was well understood

That I was knockin' 'em out like Johnny B Goode

Hot licks showin' off ah number one

Yeah I practiced all day and up into the night

My papa's hair was turnin' white

'Cause he didn't like rock'n roll

He said ''You can stay boy

But that's gotta go ''

He's a square he just didn't dig me at all

So I took my guitar picks and all

Bid farewell to my poor ol' pa

Split for Memphis where they say y'all

Them swingin' cats are havin' a ball

Sessions hot licks and all they dig me

I was rockin' and a boppin'

And I was gettin' the breaks

The girls all said that I have what it takes

When up stepped a man with big cigar

He said ''Come here cat

I'm gonna make you a star

I'll put you on bandstand

Buy you a Cadillac sign here kid ''

I signed my name and became a star

Havin' a ball with my guitar

Drivin' a big long Cadillac

And fightin' the girls off of my back

They just kept a comin'

A screamin' yeah they liked it

So I picked my guitar with a great big grin

And the money just kept on pourin' in

But then one day my Uncle

Sam he said (bang bang) ''Here I am

Uncle Sam needs you boy

I'm a gonna cut your hair off

Ah take this rifle kid give me that guitar yeah ''