solid ball of rock

one night in louisiana down by highway eighty four, you could hear a strange dog howling right outside his mamma's door, the baby was a killer, the cousin was a priest, the baby upped and said, "i play the music of the beast", the devil in concordia looked down and waved his hand, the boy with jackhawk eyes became the leader of the band, the connoisseur of rhythm, rock 'n' roll and swing, but when it comes to boogie you know that he's the king, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock crashing out of the sky, it's shaking all over but he don't know why, the devil went to memphis as he flew into the sun, he howled about redemption with a bible and a gun, the preacher beat his cheast and cried, "set my people free", the killer said "i'll drag ya to the gates of hell with me", solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock crashing out of the sky, it's shaking all over but he don't know why, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock, the killer he was born again and saw gates of hell, the preacher found redemption in a jacksonville motel, the devil takes the hindmost they're running out of breath, they're gonna have to reckon with the chilling hand of death, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock crashing out of the sky, it's shaking all over but he don't know why, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock, solid ball of rock crashing out of the sky, it's shaking all over but he don't know why