The Song That Never Was

Nobody talked dirty to Poison, Chuck Berry didn't play with his ding-a-ling
Country roads didn't take John Denver home, there was a good moon-a-rising
The wayward son didn't carry on, girls don't want to have fun
You can touch this, the boss was born to do everything but run

You weren't on Willie Nelson's mind, the devil won the fiddle war
Madonna didn't feel like a virgin, U2 found what they were looking for
Meat Loaf did everything for love, Eric Clapton shot the deputy
The lights stayed on in Georgia, and we were not family

You can always get what you want, but trying will never get you what you need
There is an Arizona, the girl in the flatbed Ford didn't take a look at me
The room was black with white curtains, the Rolling Stones got some satisfaction
The Beatles didn't want to hold your hand, John Lennon just couldn't imagine

The warden didn't throw a party at the county jail, Margaritaville was closed
Gladys Knight missed the midnight train to Georgia and got on the night train with Axl Rose
Jokers were to the left of me, and clowns to the right
Mama lost her squeeze box, and daddy slept all night

Lady Kravitz just walked away, Pink Floyd was uncomfortably numb
BTO didn't take care of business, the kid was Michael Jackson's son
It was not the end of the world as we knew it, the boy wasn't named Sue
Rush didn't choose free will, Aerosmith woke up before their dreams came true

Janis Joplin was stingy with that lil' piece of her heart, Led Zeppelin didn't ramble on
Jim Morrison never broke on through to the other side, Barry Manilow didn't write the songs
You've been hit by, you've been struck by, a rough criminal, lightening didn't strike again
Whitney Houston didn't want to dance with anybody, James Taylor saw neither fire nor rain

Billy Joel and his band did start the fire, the Foo Fighters didn't learn how to fly
Nobody was dancing, dancing in the streets, Jimi Hendrix never kissed the sky
Sinatra did it someone else's way, Fleetwood Mac stopped thinkin' about tomorrow
Every little thing she did was not magic, I found my heart in San Francisco

Black Sabbath was not paranoid, George Thorogood drank with a friend
Sammy Hagar drove 55, nobody was working for the weekend
The Little Red Corvette was just a rusty old pacer, ABC was not as easy as 1, 2, 3
You can hurry love, the Monkees never saw her face, and never believed

Carly Simon wasn't anticipating anything, Papa wasn't a rolling stone
Everyone forgot about Simple Minds, Supertramp took the shortcut home
The stairway to heaven went down, Van Halen didn't jump
Hall and Oates went for that, the grapevine kept its mouth shut

Her name wasn't Rio, a short straight road led Paul McCartney to your door
No one was watching Rockwell, Lionel Richie danced on the floor
Somebody stopped Queen now, Garth Brooks had high society friends
Nobody wanted to rule the world, it was absolutely not raining men

Joan Jeff hated rock and roll, Kenny Loggins didn't cut loose, footloose
Love was not a battlefield, Elton John's song was not about you
She was only once, twice a lady, The 5th Dimension were afraid of heights
Aretha Franklin felt unnatural, nobody was Wang Chunging tonight

You found that lovin' feelin', Billy lost Phil Collins' number
Twisted Sister took it, Sonny and Cher didn't have each other
Baby James was sour, the highway went around the danger zone
Someone wanted to hurt boy George, Thorogood was good to the bone

Doves never cried, James Brown felt bad
Mack was a spork, Bobby McFerrin said, worry be sad
The vibrations were bad, Journey stopped believin
Tom Petty backed down, Boston had less than a feelin