[Verse 1]
I was a skinny little white kid
Wrong side of the track kid
"Don’t do that" kid
"What the hell is wrong with him?" kid
No, my rebel never run
And my damn gave one
I was just a boulder on a shoulder
In a cul-de-sac, dead-end street
Then rock and roll found me

[Chorus]
Like my faith, like my church
My low, like my high
The better in my worse
Come on, baby, "Light My Fire" (Fire)
Like a needle in my vein
The crazy in my sane
I turned on my amps
And all at once my blind could see
Yeah, when rock and roll found me

[Verse 2]
I was a "Nowhere new" town
"Do what your daddy do" town
"Don’t dream big" town
"Born to get outta this town" town
So I went looking for a reason
Huntin' out of season
Crashed into some freedom
On a levee at a breakneck speed
When rock and roll found me
[Chorus]
Like my faith, like my church
My low, like my high
The better in my worse
Come on, baby, "Light My Fire," my fire
Like a needle in my vein
The crazy in my sane
I turned on my amps
And all at once my blind could see
Hey, when rock and roll found me

[Bridge]
I was a laid-back Caddy
Rollin' cool through the alley
Headin' for disaster
When a black man’s guitar
Stopped me at the edge
And sang, "Billie Joe McAllister
Jumped-" ("Jumped off the Tallahatchie Bridge")

[Chorus]
Like my faith, like my church
My low, like my high
The better in my worse
Come on, baby, "Light My Fire"
Like a needle in my vein
The crazy in my sane
I turned on my amps
And all at once my blind could see
When rock and roll found me
[Outro]
I was a skinny little white kid
Wrong side of the track kid
"No, don’t do that" kid
When rock and roll found me (When rock and roll found me)
When rock and roll found me (When rock and roll found me)
Yeah, rock and roll found me (When rock and roll found me)
Rock and roll found me (When rock and roll found me)