Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll (Album Version)-Tony Joe White

[ti:Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll] [ar:Tony Joe White] [al:The Best Of Tony Joe White Featuring "Polk Salad Annie"] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll (Album Version) - Tony Joe White [00:19.42]One time I had this little band back home [00:21.37] [00:23.65]A rock and roll band [00:25.01] [00:27.18]Now we was going to play this job one night [00:29.19] [00:29.96]And it weren't too far away [00:30.98]So we was walking [00:31.92] [00:34.97]But we came upon a long black stretch of woods [00:37.75] [00:39.54]Had an old river running through it [00:41.35]And an old wooden bridge across the river [00:43.35] [00:46.38]Well just as I was about to step up on the bridge [00:48.56] [00:50.54]Out stepped the troll [00:52.49] [00:55.00]A whole mighty troll [00:56.38] [00:57.82]And he said hey looks like you [01:02.75]All are going to play somewhere [01:04.04] [01:05.81]I said yes sir [01:07.53] [01:09.33]He said look uh [01:10.11] [01:10.95]Like I hate to mess up your boys job [01:12.56] [01:14.28]But I sure could dig hearing a little music [01:16.45] [01:18.49]I said man we can't just plug up [01:20.01] [01:20.59]And play it right here upon the bridge [01:21.95] [01:23.64]He said why I said cause [01:29.60] [01:31.63]He said play [01:33.66] [01:35.74]And that's what we did [01:36.66] [01:39.57]Well the wind was howling at the night [01:42.32] [01:43.70]And the moon was covered up with clouds [01:46.53] [01:48.37]Walking cross a bridge on a dirt road [01:50.91] [01:51.97]When I heard a troll growl [01:54.71] [01:56.06]He said don't you go walking cross my bridge [01:58.91] [02:00.71]I am gonna make it rough on you [02:03.02] [02:04.72]I will give you swamp fever [02:06.65] [02:08.74]And you'll be wondering if you're you [02:10.77] [02:12.53]You know you got to pay the toll [02:14.94] [02:16.81]Cause Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll [02:19.17] [02:31.63]Uh it will keep you up all night [02:33.35] [02:35.67]Drinking and carrying on [02:37.47] [02:39.80]Getting it to the swamp music [02:41.45] [02:43.10]Get it on [02:43.90]Get it on [02:44.69] [02:47.35]Uh you know you got to pay my toll [02:49.68] [02:51.85]Cause Even Trolls Love Rock And Roll [02:53.80] [03:12.62]He said hey he said look you all aint aint making it [03:17.90] [03:19.46]He said would you mind if I borrowed [03:21.16] [03:22.02]That old guitar of yours [03:23.28]And show you all a lick [03:24.88] [03:27.50]Since we never heard a troll play we let him have it [03:31.40] [03:33.83]And he said like this right here now [03:35.35] [03:58.84]Oh the fever isn't really such a bad thing [04:02.88] [04:04.19]It's just hard to understand [04:05.90] [04:07.62]But when you see me start to boogie [04:10.15] [04:11.80]Well you know it's got me by the hand [04:14.18] [04:15.19]Oh you know you got to pay the toll [04:18.26] [04:20.28]Cause even tolls love rock and roll