"Central Avenue" lyrics

I'll never forget the day that I told my father I wanted to sing rock n' roll. We disagreed, so he told me to get out. He put me and my five brothers out. As time went on we didn't speak for quite a few years.

Central Avenue was my neighborhood
No expectations, we did what we could
The house I lived in was so run down
I thought the projects was the nice part of town

If I had it over again
I wouldn't change a thing
No, I wouldn't change a thing
Mistakes I made and lessons I've learned
I wouldn't change a thing
No, I wouldn't change a thing

Me and my brothers, we always loved to sing
Pass around the guitar just to see who was king
Singing songs from the radio
You lose your turn if you were moving too slow

If I had it over again
I wouldn't change a thing
No, I wouldn't change a thing
Mistakes I made and lessons I've learned
I wouldn't change a thing
No, I wouldn't change a thing, no no

We went from gospel music to rock n' roll
Then they threw us out, saying we were selling our souls
Drove from Cleveland all the way to Hollywood
Didn't do the things that my mother said we should

If I had to do it all over again
I wouldn't change a thing
No, I wouldn't change a thing
Mistakes I made and lessons I've learned
I wouldn't change a thing
No, I wouldn't change a thing