Both as a standalone and as part of the DSOTS album, you can take this lyric as read. As a matter of public record, Jourgensen's drug intake was legendary even in the 1980s. By the late 90s, in his own words, he was grappling with massive addiction issues and had lost almost everything: friends, spouse, money and had nearly died more than once. "Dark Side of the Spoon" is a both funny & sad title for an album made by a musical genius who was losing the plot; and this song is a message to his fans & friends saying he knows it. It's painful to listen to so I'm glad the "Keith Richards of industrial metals" wised up and cleaned up. Well done sir.
( c. berry )
I'm gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to my local dj
Yeah, it's a rockin' little record
I want my jockey to play
Roll over beethoven, I gotta hear it again today
You know my temperature's risin
And the jukebox blowin a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm
And my soul keeps singin' the blues
Roll over beethoven and tell tschaikowsky the news
I got a rockin' pneumonia
I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I got the rollin' arthritis
Sittin' down at the rhythm review
Roll over beethoven and rockin' in two by two
Well, if you feel you like it
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up just
A trifle further and reel and rock it
With one and other
Roll over beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues
Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you the warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle diddle, I'm playin' my fiddle
Ain't got nothin' to lose
Roll over beethoven and tell tschaikowsky the news
You know she wiggles like a glow worm
Dance like a spinnin' top
She got a crazy partner
You oughta see 'em reel and rock
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues
I'm gonna write a little letter
Gonna mail it to my local dj
Yeah, it's a rockin' little record
I want my jockey to play
Roll over beethoven, I gotta hear it again today
You know my temperature's risin
And the jukebox blowin a fuse
My heart's beatin' rhythm
And my soul keeps singin' the blues
Roll over beethoven and tell tschaikowsky the news
I got a rockin' pneumonia
I need a shot of rhythm and blues
I got the rollin' arthritis
Sittin' down at the rhythm review
Roll over beethoven and rockin' in two by two
Well, if you feel you like it
Go get your lover, then reel and rock it
Roll it over and move on up just
A trifle further and reel and rock it
With one and other
Roll over beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues
Well, early in the mornin' I'm a-givin' you the warnin'
Don't you step on my blue suede shoes
Hey diddle diddle, I'm playin' my fiddle
Ain't got nothin' to lose
Roll over beethoven and tell tschaikowsky the news
You know she wiggles like a glow worm
Dance like a spinnin' top
She got a crazy partner
You oughta see 'em reel and rock
Long as she got a dime the music will never stop
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven (roll over beethoven)
Roll over beethoven and dig these rhythm and blues
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Roll Over Beethoven Lyrics as written by Chuck Berry
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