Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros
Joe Strummer originally wrote “The Road to Rock & Roll” for Johnny Cash at the request of American Recordings producer Rick Rubin, according to a story told by Henry Rollins. According to Rollins, Strummer joked with Cash about his not using his song when the three artists were introduced by Ru...
[Refrain]
On the road to rock and roll
There's a lot of wreckage in the ravine
Some you recognize
Used to hang out on the scene
On the road to rock and roll
We'll be in the delta by and by
And if you don't believe in good and evil
You can tell the devil why
On the road to rock and roll
Come on, everybody drift away
On the road to rock and roll
Where I learned to play
[Chorus]
Rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll
What I learned to play
[Refrain]
On the road to rock and roll
Everybody carries a good luck charm
Said to spook the highway wind
Blowing off old Parchman farm
On the road to rock and roll
They'll try to hook you by the eye
There's a mirror in your soul
You should turn it to the sky
On the road to rock and roll
The lonely sing a soulful song
Leave a little light in the wilderness
For somebody to come upon
On the road to rock and roll
With everybody deep in their dreams
And the snow is falling on the city
Ask the music what it means
On the road to rock and roll
Come on everybody, drift away
On the road to rock and roll
Where I learned to play
[Chorus]
Rock and roll
Rock and roll
Rock and roll
Where I learned to play
On the road
The Road To Rock & Roll was written by Joe Strummer & Antony Genn.
The Road To Rock & Roll was produced by Joe Strummer & Antony Genn & Scott Shields & Ged Lynch & B. J. Cole & Pablo Cook & Steve Barnard & Richard Norris & Martin Slattery & David A. Stewart.
Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros released The Road To Rock & Roll on Tue Oct 19 1999.