Love shouldn't dance to the dying moan of a distant violin
With a proper bow, a curtsy low, and a gentle ballroom spin
Dressed up like a debutant, never doing what you want
Only doing what the rules allow
Love should be like rock and roll... with a little blues and a lot of soul
With the kick drum thumping in your chest
And stay in you the way the best songs never get old
Love should be like rock and roll
Love shouldn't sit on a pedestal behind a pane of glass
Like an old guitar begging to be played like it was in days gone past
Jimi's fingers flying cross those strings, man, that Stratocaster sure could sing
But now that fire that it had is locked away
Love should be like rock and roll... with a little blues and a lot of soul
With the kick drum thumping in your chest
And stay in you the way the best songs never get old
Love should be like rock and roll
Love should be irreverent, against the grain in everything it does
That's what I want for us
Love should be like rock and roll... with a little blues and a lot of soul
With the kick drum thumping in your chest
And stay in you the way the best songs never get old
Love should shoot the stage lights out... be less a sing and more a shout
Like a firework waiting to bust
And when it does, you can't help but just lose control
Love should be like rock and roll