I remember as a child I used to hear Music that they played with a feel Some call it folk, some call it soul People, let me tell you it was rock and roll I was raised on rock, got that rhythm in my soul Every day when I get home I turn on my radio And listen to the music that my idols made I knew every single record the DJ's played The 'Honky Tonk', 'Hound Dog', 'Johnny B. Goode' 'The Chain Gang', 'Love Is Strange', 'Knock On Wood' I was raised on rock, got that rhythm in my soul I was born to love the beat of that thing called rock and roll, yeah They thought it was a fad, thought that it would pass But the younger generation they knew it would last Time gone by, the beat goes on And every time I hear it, it takes me home I was raised on rock, got that rhythm in my soul Every day when I get home I turn on my radio Mama played recordings of Beethoven's Fifth Moonlight Sonata down the classical Liszt Daddy loved to listen to his country songs I was in the back room diggin' the Stones I was raised on rock, got that rhythm in my soul I was born to love the beat of that thing called rock and roll I was raised on rock, got that rhythm in my soul Every day when I get home I turn on my radio, radio