Well, we're goin' round the cape
Gold and shores to find
900 miles of wind and waves smashing up the sides
We're goin' round the cape, there is no other way
For trade, and king, and countrymen
We'll brave the foam and spray
So tell my love that I'll be back someday
It's rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
When I return, I swear I'm gonna stay
So rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
Well, I left my home and land to sail a clipper ship
Into the parts of my own map that barely have been writ
I must be out my mind to leave England in my wake
But I'll get that silver in my ear, we're goin' round the cape
So tell my love that I'll be back someday
It's rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
When I return, I swear I'm gonna stay
So rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
It's a long way home, but many miles to go
There's a gale that's trying to drag us all below
And I long to dream of any better fate
But what awaits the brave around the cape?
I heard the sailors say, by God you must be mad
There's waves as tall as houses and the gales'll knock you flat
And when the storm has fled, and the fog is thick as mud
It's pray for your deliverance, and pray you rightly should
So tell my love that I'll be back someday
It's rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
When I return, I swear I'm gonna stay
So rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
So tell my love that I'll be back someday
It's rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
When I return, I swear I'm gonna stay
So rock and roll, a-rock and roll, a-rock and roll away
Rock and roll a-
(Rock and roll a-)
Rock and roll away