Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Merle Kilgore Tillman Franks

Well, I'm just out of school
I'm real real cool
I got the jump, got the jive
Got the message, I'm alive
I'm a wild, I'm wild one
Ooh, yeah I'm a wild one
I'm gonna keep a-shakin'
I'm gonna keep a-movin', baby
Don't you cramp my style, I'm a real wild child

Come on, baby, shake all night long
Shake until the meat come off of the bone
'Cause I'm a wild one
Ooh, yeah, I'm a wild one
I'm gonna keep a-shakin'
Gonna keep a-movin', baby
Don't you cramp my style, I'm real wild child

Yeah!

Well, I gonna pick you up in my '88
Get ready, sugar, now don't be late
We're gonna move it all night long
Until a whole lotta shakin' goin' be on
I'm a wild one
Ooh, yeah, I'm a wild one
I'm gonna keep a-shakin'
I'm gonna keep a-movin', baby
Don't you cramp my style, I'm a real wild child
Whoa!

Well, I really get to movin' when the sun goes down
Oh, after dark, I can get around
Gonna move on, I'll make every hop
When we start to boppin', I sure can't stop
I'm a wild one
Ooh, yeah, I'm a wild one
I'm gonna keep a-shakin'
I'm gonna keep a-movin', baby
Don't you cramp my style, I'm a real wild child
I'm a real wild child
I'm a real wild child
I'm a real wild child
Watch out!

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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