One day I listened to a really cool song I did fine when I was playing along I didn't know to whom it really belonged But in order to rock, I thought of writing my own And I knew I wouldn't do that alone So, right away, I called my band on the phone And they all came over to write our gig We thought we'd jam a blast and we would hit it big But we just stuck to jamming and wasted time We didn't write a verse or even land a rhyme So then I asked a friend for help And this is what he said: The hook's gotta rock, the rest can all be replaced The hook's gotta rock, if it ain't right, we'll rephrase The hook's gotta rock, and make our music a blast The hook's gotta rock, we'll all be rockin' at last The hook's gotta rock, make sure you get your lines straight 'Cause you know that something catchy is not so hard to create Yeah, I'm telling you that rocking is our fate First thing the next day, we reunited the band And in a jam the chords just started to land We wrote a hit, it turned out just as we'd planned And later on, we just perfected the line Got all the riffs and solos clearly defined So we found ourselves all ready to shine And we played our new song again and again We practiced day and night, we made it to the end Our hit went big, it turned out pretty nice Although it was quite hard, and we did try twice But we never would have made it If it weren't for one good piece of advice The hook's gotta rock, the rest can all be replaced The hook's gotta rock, if it ain't right, we'll rephrase The hook's gotta rock, and make our music a blast The hook's gotta rock, we'll all be rockin' at last The hook's gotta rock, make sure you get your lines straight 'Cause you know that something catchy is not so hard to create Yeah, I'm telling you that rocking is our fate PIANO SOLO And as we turn the page, we find ourselves on stage For you to learn to fly, you've got to try and try Now all that matters is to keep one thing in mind The hook's gotta rock, the rest can all be replaced The hook's gotta rock, if it ain't right, we'll rephrase The hook's gotta rock, and make our music a blast The hook's gotta rock, we'll all be rockin' at last The hook's gotta rock, make sure you get your lines straight 'Cause you know that something catchy is not so hard to create Yeah, I'm telling you that rocking is our fate GUITAR SOLO The hook's gotta rock, the rest can all be replaced The hook's gotta rock, if it ain't right, we'll rephrase The hook's gotta rock, and make our music a blast The hook's gotta rock, we'll all be rockin' at last The hook's gotta rock, make sure you get your lines straight 'Cause you know that something catchy is not so hard to create Yeah, I'm telling you that rocking is our fate It's gotta rock