Those neon light nights, couldn't stay out of fights, keeps a-haunting me in memories. There is one in every crowd, for crying out loud, why was is always turning out to be me?

Mainly what I learned from Buddy... was an attitude. He loved music, and he taught me that it shouldn't have any barriers to it.

So I'm not very popular here with those inside the system, as you might guess. I never wanted to be.

There's always one more way to do things and that's your way, and you have a right to try it at least once.

If I could only fly, you see, a lot of my problems would be gone. When you think of just how much I'd save on shoes alone.

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.

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