I Used To Be An Animal lyrics

I want to tell you a story
Once upon a time
There were five young guys
Hanging in and out of Newcastle,
Playing Rhythm and Blues
They had nothing to lose
They didn`t need that tin-pan hassle
Over the Reeperbahn where the beat was born
Shocking the heart of the nation
Sign of the times
A new search in life
Start of a new rock generation

From day one to kingdom come
I`d do it all again
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But I`m all right now
All right now, baby

Twenty years ago we were children of war
But we danced to the Bo Diddley beat
There were rockers and mods,
We didn`t take it too hard
We had blue suede shoes on our feet
A revolution in France and James Brown`s dance
A new world coming our way
We`d talk that talk in the streets of New York
And never looked back to this day

From day one to the risin` sun
I`ll do it all again
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But I`m all right now
All right, all right, all right
Yeah, yeah, all right, whoa baby

We were flippin` and trippin`
And rockin` and rollin`
And generally havin` a ball
For the price of a drink
There was no time to think about the morality of it all
There was freaks and queens and love-ins and has-beens
Whisky-a-gogos and all night flamingos
A psychedelic explosion in slow motion,
Dr Strangelove`s bomb

From day one to the risin` sun
I`ll do it all again (whoa, oh, oh)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (he used to be an animal)
I used to be an animal (whoa, oh)
But I`m all right now
All right, all right,
Yeah, yeah,
All right, all right,
I`m all right now

(Jackson-Clark, Burdon, Bastow)