I met Curtis in a London dive
He‘s drunken ragged, and out of money
except his two-pund-guitar
He touches me for a second gin
I say „right“ He fast swallows the drink
after a belch he took the strings
And with might
he starts to sing
Rock‘n‘Roll is back
like a heart attack
Rock‘n‘ Roll ist back
is back is back is back
His Voice fails coughs out his last gulp
and he ligehts another cigarette
and tells about the job
Yes it‘s clear that the business strikes
every man off his Children-dreams
of skilfullness and art
And with might….
Curtis Low for ever stony broked
no one wants to pay another round
dry Curtis were kicked out
And he took his guitar without wrath
and staggers down the alleyway
with cheerful guitar sound
And with might…..
Text: Reinhard Wagner + Alexander Junge, Musik: Helmut Keller
Curtis Loew (hier mit „e“) kommt im Lied von Lynard Skynard „The Ballad of Curtis Loew“ vor. Näheres im Link. Eigentlich ist Curtis Loew ein Blues-Gitarrist, aber nachdem auch der „echte“ Curtis Loew nur eine Erfindung ist, kann er genauso auch ein Rock’n’Roller sein…. Zumindest der in London.