Released: January 14, 2014
Songwriter: Bob Seger
Producer: Rick Rubin
[Verse 1]
Stood there boldly sweating in the sun
Felt like a million, felt like number one
Height of summer, never felt that strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen, didn't have a care
Working for peanuts, not a dime to spare
But I was lean and solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady, my eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light
And I held firmly, to what I felt was right
Like a rock
[Chorus]
Like a rock
I was strong as I could be
Like a rock
Nothing ever got to me
Like a rock
Boy, I was something to see
Like a rock
[Verse 2]
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud and I stood tall
I was high above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where did they go?
Twenty years
I don't know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone
Mmm, and sometimes when it's late at night
Oh, and I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon she comes calling, a ghostly white
And I recall
Oh, I recall
[Chorus]
Like a rock
I was standing arrow straight
Like a rock
Charging from the gate
Like a rock
I was carrying that weight
Like a rock
Oh, like a rock
With the sun upon my skin
Like a rock
I was hard against the wind
And I see myself again
Like a rock
Like a rock
Like a rock
Stood there boldly sweating in the sun
Felt like a million, felt like number one
Height of summer, never felt that strong
Like a rock
I was eighteen, didn't have a care
Working for peanuts, not a dime to spare
But I was lean and solid everywhere
Like a rock
My hands were steady, my eyes were clear and bright
My walk had purpose, my steps were quick and light
And I held firmly, to what I felt was right
Like a rock
[Chorus]
Like a rock
I was strong as I could be
Like a rock
Nothing ever got to me
Like a rock
Boy, I was something to see
Like a rock
[Verse 2]
And I stood arrow straight
Unencumbered by the weight
Of all these hustlers and their schemes
I stood proud and I stood tall
I was high above it all
I still believed in my dreams
Twenty years now
Where did they go?
Twenty years
I don't know
I sit and I wonder sometimes
Where they've gone
Mmm, and sometimes when it's late at night
Oh, and I'm bathed in the firelight
The moon she comes calling, a ghostly white
And I recall
Oh, I recall
[Chorus]
Like a rock
I was standing arrow straight
Like a rock
Charging from the gate
Like a rock
I was carrying that weight
Like a rock
Oh, like a rock
With the sun upon my skin
Like a rock
I was hard against the wind
And I see myself again
Like a rock
Like a rock
Like a rock