The Festival Lyrics - Chuck Berry

Havin' a nationwide festival for fourteen days and nights 

Ah, there's fifty four bands on a river boat spot in the lights 

Hundred of vans 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 

Got the Who, the Band from across the north border Canned Heat 

The Fifth Dimension, Creedence Clearwater 

Oh, brother Hendrix, sister Joplin, we wish you were here 

Early in the mornin' Johnny Cash and old Elvis got loose 

By noon, Vanilla Fudge and the Woolies start paying their dues 

All evening Ike Turner and Aretha right with the Drifters 

And the Coasters in the Loading Zone 

All night Howlin' Wolf and Muddy Waters in a battlin' mood 

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Oh, what a beautiful show, was sitting right up under the microphone 

Diggin' the Grateful Dead, Little Richard and the Rolling Stones 

Ray Charles, 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 

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