We Never Stopped

from Rock-N-Roll Mountain by Hal Newman and The Mystics of Time

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We Never Stopped
Hal Newman

1st verse:
Frankie gave up the guitar
Opened up a barbershop
Susie and the Cuties, Rock and roll beauties
Gave up singing Doo Wop
Oh my Linda, You know she surrendered
To the man with the money in his hand
We hung in like Gunga Din
And never gave up the band.

Chorus:
We never stopped, Climbing up Rock and Roll Mountain
We never stopped, Chasing that Rock and Roll dream
We never stopped, Packing up and moving on down that dark highway
Jammed in every join that rocked, We never stopped.

2nd verse:
Never made it in the 60's
You know the British made the music change
Meanwhile on the Gulf Coast, Music that we loved most
Came from down in New Orleans
Took that backbeat rocked hard,Played it in the backyard
Rock and Roll Rhythm and Blues
Then we went to Memphis, Doin what we did best
Left there battered and bruised.

(Chorus)

3rd verse:
Somethin' went on in Nashville
Nineteen eighty six
Pop went country, country got funky
All the music started to mix
Folks got wiser played the synthesizer
The groove took over control
Now the town is jumpin', Someone started somethin'
All God's country got soul.

C. 1990, Prime Time Music, ASCAP
P. 1987, Windy Holler Music, ASCAP

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from Rock-N-Roll Mountain, released July 22, 1987

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Hal Newman and The Mystics of Time Nashville, Tennessee

Hal Newman is principal writer and front man for The Mystics of Time, the brassy horn band he founded in 1985 in Nashville. They have performed their fabulous amalgam of Gulf Coast Rock and Roll Rhythm and Blues all over the Southeast and as far north as Minnesota and south to Universal City, Orlando. ... more

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