Jerry Lee Lewis

Songwriter: Charles Williams (composer) Glen Garrison

Producer: Jerry Kennedy

Down the street a baby just cried
When he woke up all alone
A train's leaving town oh that lonesome sound
Is chilling me right to the bone

A song is playing
I can barely hear about a love that's gone wrong
The freezing rain on my window pane
Listen they're playing my song

Taps being played by a soldier's grave
So sad it torments your soul
Listen to that old cold north wind blow
Tonight it's dark and cold

Somewhere a siren cuts through the night
It sounds like the whole world's gone wrong
Thunder just warned oh it's coming a storm
Listen they're playing my song
Listen they're playing my song

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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