Rockaria
Electric Light Orchestra

Just got back from the downtown palais
Where the music was so sweet
Knocked me right back in the alley
I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Oh, oh, oh, I'm ready and I'm really gonna rock tonight

Sweet little lady sings like a songbird
And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard
But she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
No, no, no, she ain't ready
And she ain't gonna rock and roll

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room

Come on, I'll show you how to sing the blues
Now baby, come on over you got nothin' to lose
Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready?
Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?
I wanna show you how to rock and roll

Now listen here baby she said to me
Just meet me at the opera house at a quarter to three
'Cause I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready
Ooh, ooh, ooh, I'm ready
I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues

She's sweet on Wagner
I think she'd die for Beethoven
She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune
And Verdi's always creeping from her room
Far, far away the music is playing

Well, we were reelin' and a rockin' all through the night
Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light
And the orchestra were playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes
And the singers in the chorus all got off on singing blues

And as the night grew older everybody was as one
The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song
Just to hear the opera singer singin' rock and roll so pure
I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure, but it's alright


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  (credits)   (Here We Go Round) The Lemon Tree   10538 Overture   10538 Overture [Acetate Version]   10538 Overture [Alternate Take]   10538 Overture [Full Version]   10538 Overture [Live BBC Session]   10538 Overture [Long Version]   10538 Overture [Mix]   10538 Overture [Quad Mix]   10538 Overture [Single Version]   10538 Overture [Take 1 Alternate Mix][*][Take]   10538 Overture [Take 1][*]   21st Century Man   A Better Life   A Long Time Gone   A Matter Of Fact   Above The Clouds   Above the Clouds [#][*][Instrumental][Mix]   Across The Border   After All   Ain't Necessarily So   Ain’t Necessarily So   All Fall Down   All Over The World   All over The World - (Showdown - Early Version)   All Over The World (Elo)   All Over The World (From Xanadu)   All over the World [From Xanadu]   All Over The World [Showdown Early Version] [Showd...   All She Wanted   Alright   Another Heart Breaks   As A Matter Of Fact   Auntie -   Auntie - (Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle - Early Version)   Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle)   Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle) [Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 2]   Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle) [Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Take 2][#]...   Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle) [Take 1][*]   Auntie (Ma-Ma-Ma Belle) [Take 2][*]   Baby I Apologise   Baby I Apologise [Session Outtake][*]   Baby I Apologize   Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd, 1644)   Beatles Forever   Beautiful Daughter   Believe Me Now   Believe Me Now [Album Version]   Ben Crawley Steel Company   Bev's Trousers -   Bev's Trousers - (Showdown - Early Version)   Big Chief Woolley Bosher   Big Wheels   Big Wheels [Album Version]   Birmingham Blues   Birmingham Blues [*]   Birmingham Blues [Album Version]   Blackberry Way   Blinded By The Light   Blown Away   Blue Violin   Bluebird   Bluebird Is Dead   Bluebird is Dead [Album Version]   Borderline   Bouncer   Bouncer [*]   Bouncer [#]   Boy Blue   Boy Blue [Album Version]   Breakin' Down The Walls   Breakin’ Down The Walls   Brontosaurus   Buildings Have Eyes   California Man   Calling America   Calling American   Can't Get It Out of My Head   Can't Get You Out Of My Head   Can't Get It Out Of My Head   Cant Get It Out Of My Head   Caught In A Trap   Cherry Blossom Clinic   Cherry Blossom Clinic Revisited   Chinatown   Come With Me   Confusion   Confusion (Album Version)   Confusion [Live]   Curly   Daires of Horace Wimp   Dancin' (Duet: Olivia Newton-John With The Tubes)   Danger Ahead   Dark City   Daybreaker   Daytripper   Dear Elaine   Destination Unknown   Diary of Horace Wimp   Diary of Horace Wimp [Live]   Do Ya   Do Ya [Album Version]   Do Ya [DVD]   Do Ya [Live]   Do Ya [Unedited Alternative Mix, Previously Unrele...   Do Ya [Unedited Alternative Mix]   Doin' That Crazy Thing   Doin’ That Crazy Thing   Don't Bring Me Down   Don't Bring Me Down (Album Version)   Don't Let Go   Don't Make My Baby Blue   Don't Mess Me Up   Don't Say Good - Bye   Don't Walk Away   Don't Walk Away (Elo)   Don't Wanna   Don't Bring Me Down   Don't Walk Away   Don’t Let Go   Don’t Make My Baby Blue   Don’t Mess Me Up   Don’t Say Good-bye   Don’t Wanna   Dont Bring Me Down   Down Home Town   Down Home Town [Album Version]   Down On The Bay   Dreaming of 4000   Dynamite!   Easy Money   Easy Street   Eldorado   Eldorado [Album Version]   Eldorado Finale   Eldorado Overture   Eldorado Overture [Album Version]   Electric Light Orchestra   Ella James   End Of The Road   Endless Lies   Endless Lies [#][*]   Epilogue   Every Little Thing   Every Night   Evil Woman   Evil Woman (Album Version)   Evil Woman [Album Version]   Evil Woman [Live]   Evil Woman [Stripped Down Mix][#][*]   Feel Too Good   Fields Of People   Fire Brigade   Fire On High   Fire On High [#][*]   Fire on High [Early Alternative Mix][#][*]   First Movement (Jumping Biz)   First Movement (Jumping Biz) [Mix]   Flowers In The Rain   Follow Me Follow   For The Love Of A Woman   Four Little Diamonds   From The End Of The World   From The Sun To The World   From The Sun To The World (boogie No 1)   From The Sun To The World (Boogie No. 1)   From the Sun to the World (Boogie, No. 1)   Getting To The Point   Girl At The Window   Goin' Down to Rio   Goin’ Down To Rio   Going Home   Great Balls Of Fire   Great Balls of Fire [Live]   Heart Of Hearts   Heartbreaker   Heaven Only Knows   Heaven Only Knows [Alternate Version][*]   Hello   Hello My Old Friend   Hello My Old Friend [#]   Hello Susie   Helpless   Helpless - Previously Unreleased   Here Is The News   Hey Grandma   Hold On Tight   Hold On Tight (Album Version)   Honest Men   Hurry Up John   I Can Hear The Grass Grow   I Like My Toys   I'm Alive   I'm Alive (Elo)   I'm Gone   I'm Alive   I’m Gone   Illusions In G Major   Im Alive   In For The Kill   In My Own Time   In Old England Town   In Old England Town (boogie No 2)   In Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)   In Old England Town (Boogie, No. 2)   In Old England Town (Boogie, No. 2) [*][Instrument...   In Old England Town (Boogie, No. 2) [Alternate Tak...   In Old England Town (Boogie, No. 2) [B-Side of Sho...   In Old England Town (Boogie, No. 2) [Instrumental]   In the Hall of the Mountain King   Indian Queen   Is It Alright   It Really Doesn't Matter   It Really Doesn't Matter   It Wasn't My Idea to Dance   It Wasn’t My Idea To Dance   It'll Be Me   It's A Living Thing   It's Only The Dog   It's Over   It's Over   It’s Only The Dog   Its Over   Julie Don't Live Here   Julie Don't Live Here   Jungle   Just For Love   Kilroy Was Here   King Of The Universe   Kiss Me Red   Kuiama   Laredo Tornado   Laredo Tornado [Album Version]   Last Train To London   Last Train to London [Live]   Latitude 88 North   Let It Run   Letter From Spain   Lift Me Up   Lightning Never Strikes Twice   Lines On The Daylight Romantic   Little Town Flirt   Little Town Flirt [#][*]   Livin Thing   Livin' Thing   Livin' Thing (Album Version)   Livin' Thing   Lonesome Lullaby   Long Black Road   Look At Me Know   Look At Me Now   Look at Me Now [Mix]   Looking On   Loser Gone Wild   Loser Gone Wild [*]   Love Changes All   Love Is Like Oxygen   Love Or Money   Lucky Man   Ma - Ma - Ma - Belle   Ma- Ma- Ma- Belle   Ma-Ma-Ma Belle (Album Version)   Ma-Ma-Ma Belle [Album Version]   Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle   Magic   Magic (Olivia Newton-John)   Mama   Mandalay   Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre)   Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) [Discreet ...   Manhattan Rumble (49th Street Massacre) [Mix]   Manhatten Rumble (49.th Street Massacre)   Matter of Fact   Melting In The Sun   Message From The Country   Midnight Blue   Midnight Blue [Live]   Mission   Mission (A World Record)   Mission (A World Record) [Album Version]   Mist On A Monday Morning   Mister Kingdom   Moment In Paradise   Momma   Momma   Mr Radio   Mr. Blue Sky   Mr. Blue Sky (Album Version)   Mr. Blue Sky [DVD]   Mr. Blue Sky [Live]   Mr. Blue Sky [Score]   Mr. Crow And Sir Norman   Mr. Kingdom   Mr. Radio   Mr. Radio [Alternate Take]   Mr. Radio [Mix]   Mr. Radio [Single Version]   Mr. Radio [Take 9]   Mr. Radio [Take 9][*]   Mrs. Ward   My Marge   My Woman -   My Woman - (Ma-Ma-Ma-Belle - Early Version)   My Woman [Ma Ma Belle Early Version]   Need Her Love   Need Her Love [Live]   Nellie Takes Her Bow   Nellie Takes Her Bow [Mix]   Nelly Takes her bow   New World Rising   New World Rising/Ocean Breakup (Reprise)   New World Rising\/Ocean Breakup Reprise [Album Ver...   Night In The City   Night in the City [DVD]   Night in the City [Live]   Night Of Fear   Nightrider   Nightrider [Album Version]   No Time   No Way Out   No Way Out [*]   No Way Out [#]   Nobody Home   Nobody's Child   Nobody's Child [Album Version]   Nobody's Child   Now You're Gone   Now You’re Gone   Ocean Breakup Reprise   Ocean Breakup/King of the Universe   Ocean Breakup\/King of the Universe   Oh No Not Susan   Oh No, Not Susan [Album Version]   Old England Town (Boogie No. 2)   Omnibus   On The Run   On the Run [Live]   On With The Show   Once Upon A Time   One More Tomorrow   One Summer Dream   One Summer Dream [Album Version]   Open Up Said The World At The Door   Ordinary Dream   Pie In The Sky   Please No More Sad Songs   Poker   Poker [Album Version]   Poor Boy   Poor Boy (The Greenwood)   Poorboy (the greenwood)   Poorboy (The Greenwood) [Album Version]   Power Of A Million Lights   Prologue   Queen Of The Hours   Queen of the Hours [Mix]   Queen of the Hours [Quad Mix]   Rain Is Falling   Really Doesn't Matter At All   Reminds Me Of You   Rock 'n Roll Is King   Rock 'n' Roll Is King   Rock & Roll Is King   Rock 'n' Roll Is King   Rock And Roll Is King   Rock N Roll Is King   Rockaria!   Rockaria! (Album Version)   Rockaria! [Album Version]   Rockaria! [DVD]   Rockaria! [Live]   Roll Over Beethoven   Save Me Now   Sea Of Dreams   Second Time Around   Second Time Around [Home Demo][#][*]   Secret Lives   Secret Lives [Alternate Take][*]   Secret Messages   Send It   September Song   Shangri-La   Shangri-La [Album Version]   Shine A Little Love   Shine A Little Love (Album Version)   Shine a Little Love [Live]   Showdown   Showdown (Album Version)   Showdown [*]   Showdown [Album Version]   Showdown [Alternate Early Mix]   Showdown [Alternate Take]   Showdown [DVD]   Showdown [Live]   Showdown [Single Version]   Showdown [Take 1][#]   Sitting In My Tree   So Fine   So Fine [#][*][Instrumental]   So Fine [Album Version]   So Fine [Instrumental Early Rough Mix][#][*][Instr...   So Glad You Said Goodbye   So Serious   So You Want to Be a Rock 'n Roll Star   So You Want To Be A Rock ’n Roll Star   Someone's Knocking   Someone’s Knocking   Something   Something Else   Sooner Or Later   Sorrow About The Fall   Sorrow About To Fall   Standin In The Rain   Standin' In The Rain   Standing in the Rain   Starlight   State Of Mind   Stephanie Knows Who   Steppin' Out   Steppin' Out [Album Version]   Steppin' Out   Stormy Weather   Strange Magic   Strange Magic (Album Version)   Strange Magic [Album Version]   Strange Magic [U. S. Single Edit][*]   Stranger   Stranger On A Quiet Street   Suddenly   Suddenly (Duet: Olivia Newton-John With Cliff Rich   Suddenly (duet: Olivia Newton-john With Cliff Rich...   Summer & Lightning   Summer And Lightning   Sunshine Help Me   Surrender   Suspended In Time (Olivia Newton-John)   Suspended It Time   Sweet Is The Night   Sweet Talkin Woman   Sweet Talkin' Woman   Sweet Talkin' Woman (Album Version)   Sweet Talkin' Woman [Album Version]   Sweet Talking Woman   Take Me On And On   Tears In Your Life   Telephone Line   Telephone Line (Album Version)   Telephone Line [#][*][Instrumental]   Telephone Line [Album Version]   Telephone Line [Different Vocal][#][*]   Telephone Line [DVD]   Telephone Line [Instrumental]   Telephone Line [Live]   The Battle Of Marston Moor   The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644)   The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644) [Mix]   The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd 1644) [Take 1...   The Battle Of Marston Moor (July 2nd, 1644)   The Battle of Marston Moor (July 2nd. 1644)   The Birthday   The Bouncer [*]   The Diary Of Horace Wimp   The Diary Of Horace Wimp (Album Version)   The Fall   The Fall (Elo)   The Fox   The Girl Outside   The Lady Who Said She Could Fly   The Last Thing on My Mind   The Last Train to London   The Lemon Tree   The Lights Go Down   The Minister   The Morning Sunshine   The Skeleton & The Roundabout   The Skeleton & The Roundabout   The Way Life's Meant To Be   The Way Life's Meant To Be   The Whale   The Words Of Aaron   This Time Tomorrow   Thousand Eyes   Ticket To The Moon   Tightrope   Tightrope [#][*][Instrumental]   Tightrope [DVD]   Tightrope [Instrumental Early Rough Mix][#][*][Ins...   Tightrope [Live]   Time After Time   Tonight   Train Of Gold   Turkish Tram Conductor Blues   Turn To Stone   Turn to Stone [DVD]   Turn to Stone [Live]   Twilight   Twist Of The Knife   Until Your Moma's Gone   Useless Information   Video   Voices   Vote for Me   Walk Upon The Water   Waterfall   Waterfall [#][*][Instrumental]   Waterfall [#][*][Instrumental][Mix]   Waterfall [Album Version]   Waterfall [Instrumental Mix] [*][Instrumental]   Waterfall [Instrumental Mix] [Instrumental]   Wave Your Flag & Stop The Train   Weekend   What Would It Take   What?   When Alice Comes Back to The Farm   When I Was a Boy   When Time Stood Still   When Time Stood Still [*]   When You're Away From Me (Duet: Olivia Newton-John   Whiskey Girls   Whisper In The Night   Whisper in the Night [Alternate Take]   Whisper in the Night [Mix]   Wild Tiger Woman   Wild Times   Wild West Hero   Wild West Hero (Album Version)   Wild West Hero [Album Version]   Wild West Hero [DVD]   Wild West Hero [Live]   Wishing   Wishing [Live]   Without Someone   Witness   Xanadu   Xanadu (New Version)   Xanadu (Olivia Newton-John With Elo)   Xanadu [*]   Xanadu [New Version, Previously Unreleased][#]   Yellow Rainbow   Your Friend   Yours Truly 2095   Yours Truly, 2095   Zing Went The Strings Of My Heart

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