havin' a nationwide festival for fourteen days and nights
there's fifty four bands on a river boat spot in the lights
hundred of bands and tents all on the banks of the ohio
bandstands floatin' from paducah to cairo
be over a million freaks there diggin' the sights. there's so many beautiful people there to love and cheer
some of the greatest guitar playin' in the western hemisphere
the band from across the north border
we wish you were here. early in the mornin' johnny cash and old elvis got loose
vanilla fudge and the woolies start paying their dues
all evening ike turner and aretha right on the drifters
and the coasters and the loading zone
all night howlin' wolf and muddy waters in a battlin' mood. oh
was sitting right up under the microphone
diggin' the grateful dead
little richard and the rolling stones
led zeppelin and the everly brothers
bad bo diddley and the beatles and some others
everybody's laying back and freaking out all week long.