What are the lyrics to Elton John's Crocodile Rock?

Answer 1

I remember when rock was young,

Me and Suzie had so much fun

Holding hands and skimming stones

Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever got

Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock

While the other kids were rocking around the clock

We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well crocodile rocking was something shocking

When your feet just can't keep still

I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will

Oh Lordy mama, those Friday nights

When Suzie wore her dresses tight and

Crocodile rocking was out of sight

Laaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaaah!

But the years went by and the rock just died

Suzie went and left us for some foreign guy

Long nights crying by the record machine

Dreaming of my Chevy and my old blue jeans

But they'll never kill the trills we've got

Burning up the crocodile rock

Learning fast as the weeks went past

We really thought the crocodile rock would last

Well crocodile rocking was something shocking

When your feet just can't keep still

I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will

Oh Lordy mama, those Friday nights

When Suzie wore her dresses tight and

Crocodile rocking was out of sight

Laaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaaah!

I remember when rock was young,

Me and Suzie had so much fun

Holding hands and skimming stones

Had an old gold Chevy and a place of my own

But the biggest kick I ever got

Was doing a thing called the Crocodile Rock

While the other kids were rocking around the clock

We were hopping and bopping to the Crocodile Rock

Well crocodile rocking was something shocking

When your feet just can't keep still

I never knew me a better time and I guess I never will

Oh Lordy mama, those Friday nights

When Suzie wore her dresses tight and

Crocodile rocking was out of sight

Laaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaaah!

Laaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaah, la la la la laaaaaaaaaah![repeat until fade]

Answer 2

His lyricist wrote these lyrics out of nostalgia for the 50's rock, and came up with these hit lyrics on an impulse.

Answer 3

He wrote the music and recorded the track; however, Bernie Taupin, his lyricist, wrote the words for the song.