It was born along the southern country highways Robert Johnson gave it pulse on the backboard stairs Hey Billy and Hank williams poured their pain in While Chuck and Little Richard drew the stairs We felt the fat man's iris from New Orleans When Jerry Lee came dancing down on the keys He would event a blessing with a purpose And the flash of Elvis brought us to our knees They said, what's that sound? Did it knock you down? (what's that?) It's a healing harmony Comes from you and me What's that sound? Oh diddle dee with the coast is land that you And BB made sweet love to his receive When a plane crashed his body down in Iowa Ray charles really showed us how to feel It more town ignited new flame Didn't dylan force us all to think And is it any wonder steve you gave it snow Seen a ton of welling on the brain What's that sound? Did it knock you down? It's a healing harmony Comes from you and me What's that sound? (what's that?) Knock you down Can't you hear the fresh sound of the beatles? Sending music in the foreign zones Followed by a transit landing crossing The kinks, the who and the rolling stones Children brought our deals and flowers westward To their general paradise along the bay Jimmy, Janis, Otis breaking all the rules One driving force that woke on monterey One driving force that woke on monterey Simon's trouble bridge linked us together Our general was jt's easy grace Let's have a little ride to shadow stillness We could touch the pain on molly's face Then joni mitchell painted using language A palette blessed with woodstock nation stars Harry chafed and had a heart to feed the world And eric spent the night with his guitar Hey, what's that sound? Did it knock you down? It's a healing harmony Comes from you and me What's that sound? Elton john awakened this new decade See the village old and jackson brown Mic of furnished rhythm, barney eddard's line Springsteen spirit gave it sound Louie took us down to darkest alleys Through streets that echoed year two, and john depp Tracy chapman's simple stories told us Of people that we never can forget What's that sound? Did it knock you down, down, down, down, down? It's a healing harmony Comes from you and me What's that sound? (what's that?) Knock you down? Genesis of earth, united sea Crumbled walls broke through our indoors It sang john cougar fraud, rang van halen loud Sent down deep diplomats to wanton shore Then willie lit his candle in a rainstorm Thousand rebel rockets came to share They worked better and changed us all forever A human symphony that filled the air What's that sound? Did it knock you down? It's a healing harmony Comes from you and me What's that sound? What's that sound? Rocking in a free world Yeah Rockin' in the free world You better stop children What's that sound Everybody look, what's going down?