Petra - God Gave Rock and Roll to You

(Audio solamente) - God Gave Rock and Roll to You
Del Album: Beat The System (1984), por Petra.
-Versión en español al final de la letra en inglés-
Thanks to http://www.petramasalladelafe.com.ar for the invaluable support!
___________________________________
Letra y Música por Russ Ballard

(Coro)
God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you
Put it in the soul of everyone.
God gave rock and roll to you, gave rock and roll to you
Put it in the soul of everyone.

You can learn to dance
Or you can be a square
You can let the music take you anywhere
But where will you be when the music's gone?

You can learn to sing
You can play guitar
You can learn to rock
You can be a star
But where will you be when the music's gone?

If you love the sound
Then don't forget the source
You can turn around,
You can change your course,
'Cause it's never too late to change your mind.

You can love the rock
And let Him free you soul
Or you can let the old man take his toll
It's never too late to change your mind.

___________________________________

"Dios Te Dio El Rock And Roll"

Puedes aprender a bailar
o puedes ser un cuadrado.
Puedes dejar que la música te lleve a cualquier parte...
¿Pero donde estarás cuando haya terminado?

Puedes aprender a cantar,
puedes tocar la guitarra.
Puedes aprender a hacer rock,
puedes ser una estrella.
Dios te dio el Rock and Roll,
te dio el Rock and Roll.
Ponlo en las almas de todos.

Si te gusta el sonido,
no olvides de donde viene.
Puedes darte vuelta,
puedes cambiar el rumbo,
porque nunca es tarde para cambiar de forma de pensar.

Te puede encantar el rock,
y puedes dejar que Dios libere tu alma.
O puedes dejar que el viejo hombre haga la suya.
Nunca es tarde para cambiar tu forma de pensar.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Petra
• God
• Gave
• Rock
• and
• Roll
• to
• You

[scot67car]

BEST CHRISTIAN BAND EVER!

[calisurfnturtle]

This brings back memories!

[MarkOpee1]

@DarkBluRaven48 You confuse joy with ecstasy. Your argument is poor. You still want to do what YOU want to do: listening to music which does not honor God - even the lyrics claim so. Happiness in Christ has nothing to do with wild and wordly behaviour. We're living in the very end times. Christ is coming soon, so we should be prepared for His return and not do what we want.

[DarkBluRaven48]

@MarkOpee1 Romans 12 1-2 is talking about not getting caught up in the world and not living to please ourselves As for rock, and this song, does it focus on God and the blessings he's given us? Yes. To be sober is to be serious and we should take God seriously but God is a God of joy and He wants us to be happy Trials may come, u take those soberly, but God's unspeakable joy, a synonym for ecstatic is overjoyed btw, comes in the morning. If you respond to this comment I wont reply so dont bother

[MarkOpee1]

@PetraFan97 part 2: to rewrite secular songs does not eliminate the origin version which everybody knows. And the money for the copyright of the original song goes to the authors. But the most importatnt fact is, that it is a disobedience to God's Word in Romans 12,1-2. We should fear God more than we do currently and cast out everything of our life which is a contardiction to His Word. I didn't say anything against the use of electric guitars. You can also play sober music with it. Most do not

[MarkOpee1]

@PetraFan97 This is atypical postmodern statement. Of course the Bible tells not what you mentioned in detail. It speaks about sobrietey. Apostle Paul did not use pagan music nor exstatic rhythm pattern of the Dionysos cult (comparable to Rock N Roll). If you were more familiar to the Bibles meanings you would look more for the context and not wif there is any phrase. The Bible also does not speak of machine guns or atomic bombs but says: don't kill"! So the Bible says "be sober".

[MarkOpee1]

@kc6486 if a somg is "worthy" to be covered by KISS you cann be sure it't NOT christian. So why does petra cove such ungodly songs?

[kc6486]

???? not a cover song from Kiss...Kiss did it several years after them.....Petra was 1984...Kiss was 1989...but they did cover it from the original by Argent ...but who care? ..its awesome!!...THAT should b the focus

[wasabi51569]

ive seen every petra concert from not of this world in 82 i think to the final concert  they always played it

[eastmaggie]

@MarkOpee1 umm.... you're still incorrect. don't ever take someone elses word for anything, 2 Tim 2:15.

[UMGMentor]

I remembered the first time I saw Petra. They came to my church, North West Assembly of God. They shocked so many of the elders with the vibrations of thier music. I personally thought the whole building was going to fall. I was hooked then and find myself still listening 27 years later.

[jstorm80]

love love love this song