Rockaria!

[Intro: Mary Thomas]

Weit (Oops!)

Weit, weit in die Ferne

Man hört, man hört die Musik

[Verse 1: Jeff Lynne]

Just got back from the downtown Palais

Where the music was so sweet

It knocked me right back in the alley

I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready

Woah, woah, woah, I'm ready

And I'm really gonna rock tonight

[Verse 2]

Sweet little lady sings like a songbird

And she sings the opera like you ain't never heard

But she ain't ready

No, no, no, she ain't ready

No, no, no, she ain't ready

And she ain't gonna rock and roll

[Chorus]

She's sweet on Wagner

I think she'd die for Beethoven

She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune

And Verdi's always creeping from her room

[Interlude: Mary Thomas]

Weit, weit in die Ferne

Man hört, man hört die Musik

[Verse 3: Jeff Lynne]

Come on I'll show you how to sing the blues

Now baby, come on over you got nothing to lose

Are you ready, hey, hey, hey are you ready?

Ooh, ooh, ooh, are you ready?

I wanna show you how to rock and roll

[Verse 4]

Now listen here baby she, said to me

Just, meet me at the opera house at quarter to three

'Cause I'm ready, yeah, yeah, yeah, I'm ready

Woo, hoo, hoo, I'm ready

I'm gonna show you how to sing the blues

[Chorus]

She's sweet on Wagner

I think she'd die for Beethoven

She loves the way Puccini lays down a tune

And Verdi's always creeping from her room

[Bridge]

Oh, far, far away

The music is playin'

[Outro]

Well, we were reelin' and rockin' all through the night

Yeah, we were rockin' at the opera house until the break of light

And the orchestra was playin' all Chuck Berry's greatest tunes

And the singers in the chorus all got off on them singin' blues

And as the night grew older everybody was as one

The people on the streets came runnin' in to join in song

Just to hearing the opera singers singing rock and roll so pure

I thought I saw the mayor there but I wasn't really sure

But it's alright