She was out of luck and dollars, and she couldn't pay her dues She'd given back her old Cadillac and she had nothing left to lose So she crossed the desert border, felt her memory serves her well She asked to go to the bar and play guitar in the Paradise Hotel Paradise Hotel And then the world got round about a kid in town But she couldn't play guitar or get a label But there was something new And everybody heard and everybody came to see the new sensation And a note came off the cupboard of the mule As she sings to you, Rock and Roll La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, la, la, la, la, la, la La, rock and roll La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la Rock and roll Rock and roll She's like the devil's daughter She will fill you with desire You think she might be like dynamite She can set the place on fire While she lives across the border And she's doing very well And she works the bar and plays guitar In Paradise Hotel Paradise Hotel Rock and roll And then the work got round about to get it down She's gonna play guitar and lay it down Like it was something new And everybody heard and everybody came To see the new sensation And I know the name of the girl I knew As she sings for you Rock and roll La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, rock and roll La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, rock and roll La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la La, rock and roll La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll Rock and roll