BASEMENT VAN ERIC HUTCHINSON By Tom Vink;) REPEAT COUPLET A D I'm going down to the basement, y'all A D Where people have a good time The parties that I hit Have nothing to do with wit My ears are going out of their mind, mind, mind, mind, mind Down here they play the real thing Songs that really are rock and roll It's a cliche to put it this way But they don't make 'em like that any more, more, more, more, more PRE-REFREIN E And if they put me in the spotlight D I'm never leaving the floor REFREIN A D I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement E D A Cause I really wanna rock and roll COUPLET An older man gets on the mic Tells us to hang our burdens up He says songs you hear today All start to get in the way Til you're barely even feeling the love, love, love, love, love He drops the needle on a pop song He drops the needle on some soul I watch a pair fall in love over there Dancing to songs their parents would know, know, know, know, know PRE-REFREIN So everybody give me room now Watch me cut a rug in the show REFREIN I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement Cause I really wanna rock and roll BRIDGE! Alright C B A Party people sweat out the night C B A Let your body do just what it likes, no C B I just wanna hear A G F Something from before my years ~REST~ Dance soldiers Forgetting our day jobs Trying get our funk on A D Cause they came to rock and roll REFREIN I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement Cause I really wanna rock and roll It goes like this I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement I'm talking little Stevie Wonder I'm talking Mr. Ronald Isley I'm talking J-J-J-J-James Brown I'm talking Miss Aretha Franklin I'm talking sister, sister? I'm talking M-M-Michael Jackson I'm talking Mr. Otis Ray I'm talking Ike and Tina Turner Oooo! I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement I'm going down to the basement Cause I really wanna rock and roll I said really wanna rock and roll I said really wanna rock and roll I said really wanna rock and roll Said I really wanna rock and roll Said I really wanna rock and roll