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Well, your CD collection |
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Looks shiny and costly |
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How much did you pay for your bad Moto Guzzi? |
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And how much did you spend |
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On your black leather jacket? |
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Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket? |
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Now, tickets to concerts |
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And drinking at clubs |
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Sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of |
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And how much did you pay for |
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Your rock 'n' roll T-shirt |
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That proves you were there, that you heard of them first? |
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Now, how do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? |
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Oh, tell me |
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Aw, yeah, all right |
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All right |
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Oh, yeah, all right, aw |
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How much did you pay |
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For the chunk of his guitar |
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The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show? |
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And how much will he pay |
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For a brand-new guitar |
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One which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show? |
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And how long will the workers |
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Keep building him new ones? |
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As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones |
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And how long will the workers |
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Keep building him new ones? |
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As long as their soda cans are red, white, and blue ones |
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Aw, yeah, aw, yeah |
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Aw, yeah, all right, ha |
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Oh-ho-ho-ho |
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Oh, no |
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Aging black leather and hospital bills |
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And tatoo removal and dozens of pills |
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Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments |
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But rock on completely with some brand-new components |
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Now, how do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock 'n' roll lifestyle? |
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All right, aw, yeah |
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So good, oh, baby |
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Excess ain't rebellion |
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You're drinkin' what they're selling now |
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Your self-destruction doesn't hurt them |
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Your chaos won't convert them |
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They're so happy to rebuild it |
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You'll never really kill it, aw, yeah |
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Excess ain't rebellion |
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You're drinkin' what they're selling, oh |
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Excess ain't rebellion, oh |
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You're drinkin', you're drinkin' |
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Aw, yeah, you're drinkin' what they selling |
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Aw |
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Yeah, all right |
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Aw |
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Yeah |
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All right |
