We got a lot of politicians up there on Capital Hill. Ain't it funny how they prosper while the country stands still?

I'm old and crazy, but I still give a damn. And I still think the boys got screwed over in Vietnam.

I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.

This world that I live in is empty and cold/the loneliness cuts me and tortures my soul.

Lately I've heard rumors that the eagle may be lame. Just because I've been idle, don't mean that I'm tame.

I'm just a man, no more or no less. Bad as the worst, good as the best.

Now, I don't know how they judge all that, but if anybody in the world deserves to be in the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame, Ritchie Valens does.