I wanta hear me some boogie played like I heard in 1954 I wanta hear me some boogie played like I heard in 1954 You know the way that Fats played the boogie You just don't hear that anymore I was just a little thing when I heard it on the radio I was just a little thing when I heard it on the radio Jerry Lee and Little Richard, you just don't hear that anymore It was a rompin', stompin', finger-poppin', good-time music for my soul And when the drums were talkin' and the bass went walkin' That started it, rock and roll, oh I wanta hear me some boogie played like I heard in 1954 I wanta hear my Captain play some boogie now like I heard in 1954 You know the way my Captain plays the boogie You just don't hear that anymore