Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Billy Mize

Producer: Sam Phillips (Producer) Jack Clement

The kind of life you're living
Since you left me
I'm sure is not the life
You thought you chose

That honky-tonky world
Is not so flashy
Bright lights and booze is
All it really knows

Long ago, you held
High baby's bottle
But the one you're holding now
A different kind

You just set away to
Be somebody's baby
And it all depends on
Who will buy the wine

Whoever sets them up
And tips the waitress
Your kind of love
Just well be blind

You'll never know who's
Lips you'll soon be kissing
And it all depends on
Who will buy the wine

Whoever sets them up
And tips the waitress
Your kind of love just
Well be blind

You'll never know who's
Lips you'll soon be kissing
And it all depends on
Who will buy the wine

Jerry Lee Lewis was a leading figure in the popularization of rock & roll during the 1950s. He was first signed to Sun Records in 1956 where he was labelmates with Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison, and other early rock artists. Of those musicians, however, he was the only piano player and combined with his heavy-handed playing style, sexually suggestive lyrics, and provocative stage antics he came to epitomize the rebelliousness of the genre.

He rose to international fame for his 1957 versions of the songs “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On.”

Lewis' popularity rapidly tumbled, however, when in 1958, when at the age of 22, he married his 13-year-old cousin. Though this scandal continued to tarnish his image, Lewis never retired from music. As of October 2015, he continues to perform live.

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