Rock n Roll Nerd Lyrics

Song	Rock n Roll Nerd
Artist	Tim Minchin
Album	Darkside
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[00:00.00]	A song upon the subject
[00:01.642]	Of having night death
[00:10.040]	He doesn't have a problem with drugs
[00:12.170]	He just doesn't do them
[00:16.080]	He's fine that his mates have tattoos
[00:18.030]	But he reckons they'll rue them
[00:22.130]	He likes going to pubs
[00:23.430]	But he hates it when the music's too loud
[00:26.310]	He tends not to go to rock concerts
[00:28.290]	Cos he can't stand the crowds
[00:32.080]	But all he's ever wanted to be
[00:34.950]	Is a rock star on Rage or MTV
[00:37.850]	But he knows that it's not very likely
[00:41.060]	He's just turned thirty
[00:43.300]	He knows that he will always be
[00:49.430]	A rock 'n' roll nerd
[00:51.820]	He'll keep writing songs the world will never hear
[00:55.810]	And though they won't be heard
[00:57.680]	He'll just keep writing
[01:02.250]	But you see the problem is
[01:04.340]	He always dreamt of being a star
[01:07.239]	But he learnt piano instead of guitar
[01:10.829]	Which in the nineties, didn't get you very far
[01:14.870]	So while the other kids were learning Stairway
[01:17.670]	He was the piano to their forte
[01:20.930]	But he was convinced one day he'd rock their ****ing asses
[01:26.470]	And be an icon for the disenfranchised masses
[01:31.980]	And grow his hair long and rebel against the state
[01:35.870]	But just for now that he’d have to wait
[01:38.379]	Cos he's running late for his morning classes
[01:41.879]	And he will always be
[01:44.569]	A rock 'n' roll nerd
[01:47.319]	He'll keep playing gigs that no one knows about
[01:51.340]	And though it sounds absurd
[01:53.200]	He'll just keep playing
[01:57.760]	But you see the problem is
[02:00.269]	There's not much depth in what he's singing
[02:02.609]	He's a victim of his upper-middle class upbringing
[02:06.870]	So he can't write about the 'hood
[02:09.060]	Or bling bling
[02:12.349]	So he sits and imagines his girlfriend is dead
[02:15.430]	To try and invoke some angst in his middle class head
[02:19.319]	But she's always fine
[02:20.699]	At half past nine
[02:21.919]	When they go to bed
[02:23.449]	And he's not spent a single night in prison
[02:26.250]	He has no issues with nutrition
[02:29.620]	He has no drinking problem and no drug addiction
[02:35.349]	Unless you count the drugs they put in chicken
[02:40.629]	And ********* always tends to make him cough
[02:44.340]	He doesn't look good with his t-shirt off
[02:46.460]	And when he tries to act tough
[02:48.389]	You can tell he's trickin'
[02:52.729]	While his mates all go out late
[02:54.800]	Poppin' pills and having fun
[02:56.860]	He goes home and showers
[02:58.389]	Gets a good eight hours
[02:59.870]	He gets his thrills from his morning run
[03:02.080]	And while his mates all go on dates
[03:04.300]	Taking speed and drinking cans of Jim Beam
[03:06.620]	He stays home and cooks
[03:07.919]	Curls up with a book
[03:09.129]	With a girl he's had since he was seventeen
[03:12.650]	Cos he's never been part of the scene
[03:15.060]	While the other kids liked Guns, he liked Queen
[03:17.319]	He's more into Beatles than the Stones
[03:19.550]	He's more Stevie Wonder than Ramones
[03:21.990]	And he's never owned a panel van
[03:24.110]	He's never shot a Sepultura fan
[03:26.159]	He doesn't know the difference between metal and thrash
[03:28.289]	He couldn't tell you nothing about Axl and Slash
[03:30.900]	He likes Ben Folds and the Jackson Five
[03:33.419]	He knows all the words to “Staying Alive”
[03:35.569]	And though he wants to be all grungy and cool
[03:37.470]	He spent eleven years in a
[03:38.810]	Private school
[03:40.479]	So it don't matter how he tries
[03:42.330]	He cannot hide behind his rock 'n' roll lies
[03:44.610]	Because you've either got it or you don't
[03:46.419]	Yeah you'll either rock it or you won't
[03:48.720]	Yeah you've either got it or you don't
[03:52.479]	Yeah you'll either rock it or you won't
[03:58.039]	He knows that his music lacks depth
[04:00.710]	But it just can't be helped
[04:04.669]	He has nothing interesting to say
[04:07.199]	So he writes about himself
[04:11.900]	But he doesn't want to see self-obsessed
[04:14.110]	So he writes in third person
[04:20.160]	In an attempt to seem more rock 'n' roll but he knows it's not working
[04:25.939]	Deep in his heart he knows
[04:29.139]	He will never be Jet or Eskimo Joe
[04:32.800]	And even if he was quite pretty
[04:35.480]	And wrote songs like missy
[04:37.829]	He knows that he will always be
[04:44.879]	A rock 'n' roll nerd
[04:47.819]	He'll keep writing songs the world don't care about
[04:51.300]	And though they sound absurd
[04:53.220]	He'll just keep writing
[04:58.410]	You can criticize him
[05:00.870]	But he won't care
[05:03.399]	Cos he wants to rock
[05:05.250]	And he will never be deterred
[05:09.329]	But he'll always be a ******-up, little, try-hard, wannabe rock 'n' roll nerd
[05:15.399]	(Stairway to Heaven Intro)
[05:20.560]	Rock 'n' roll nerd

[00:00.00]	A song upon the subject
[00:01.642]	Of having night death
[00:10.040]	He doesn' t have a problem with drugs
[00:12.170]	He just doesn' t do them
[00:16.080]	He' s fine that his mates have tattoos
[00:18.030]	But he reckons they' ll rue them
[00:22.130]	He likes going to pubs
[00:23.430]	But he hates it when the music' s too loud
[00:26.310]	He tends not to go to rock concerts
[00:28.290]	Cos he can' t stand the crowds
[00:32.080]	But all he' s ever wanted to be
[00:34.950]	Is a rock star on Rage or MTV
[00:37.850]	But he knows that it' s not very likely
[00:41.060]	He' s just turned thirty
[00:43.300]	He knows that he will always be
[00:49.430]	A rock ' n' roll nerd
[00:51.820]	He' ll keep writing songs the world will never hear
[00:55.810]	And though they won' t be heard
[00:57.680]	He' ll just keep writing
[01:02.250]	But you see the problem is
[01:04.340]	He always dreamt of being a star
[01:07.239]	But he learnt piano instead of guitar
[01:10.829]	Which in the nineties, didn' t get you very far
[01:14.870]	So while the other kids were learning Stairway
[01:17.670]	He was the piano to their forte
[01:20.930]	But he was convinced one day he' d rock their ing asses
[01:26.470]	And be an icon for the disenfranchised masses
[01:31.980]	And grow his hair long and rebel against the state
[01:35.870]	But just for now that he' d have to wait
[01:38.379]	Cos he' s running late for his morning classes
[01:41.879]	And he will always be
[01:44.569]	A rock ' n' roll nerd
[01:47.319]	He' ll keep playing gigs that no one knows about
[01:51.340]	And though it sounds absurd
[01:53.200]	He' ll just keep playing
[01:57.760]	But you see the problem is
[02:00.269]	There' s not much depth in what he' s singing
[02:02.609]	He' s a victim of his uppermiddle class upbringing
[02:06.870]	So he can' t write about the ' hood
[02:09.060]	Or bling bling
[02:12.349]	So he sits and imagines his girlfriend is dead
[02:15.430]	To try and invoke some angst in his middle class head
[02:19.319]	But she' s always fine
[02:20.699]	At half past nine
[02:21.919]	When they go to bed
[02:23.449]	And he' s not spent a single night in prison
[02:26.250]	He has no issues with nutrition
[02:29.620]	He has no drinking problem and no drug addiction
[02:35.349]	Unless you count the drugs they put in chicken
[02:40.629]	And always tends to make him cough
[02:44.340]	He doesn' t look good with his tshirt off
[02:46.460]	And when he tries to act tough
[02:48.389]	You can tell he' s trickin'
[02:52.729]	While his mates all go out late
[02:54.800]	Poppin' pills and having fun
[02:56.860]	He goes home and showers
[02:58.389]	Gets a good eight hours
[02:59.870]	He gets his thrills from his morning run
[03:02.080]	And while his mates all go on dates
[03:04.300]	Taking speed and drinking cans of Jim Beam
[03:06.620]	He stays home and cooks
[03:07.919]	Curls up with a book
[03:09.129]	With a girl he' s had since he was seventeen
[03:12.650]	Cos he' s never been part of the scene
[03:15.060]	While the other kids liked Guns, he liked Queen
[03:17.319]	He' s more into Beatles than the Stones
[03:19.550]	He' s more Stevie Wonder than Ramones
[03:21.990]	And he' s never owned a panel van
[03:24.110]	He' s never shot a Sepultura fan
[03:26.159]	He doesn' t know the difference between metal and thrash
[03:28.289]	He couldn' t tell you nothing about Axl and Slash
[03:30.900]	He likes Ben Folds and the Jackson Five
[03:33.419]	He knows all the words to " Staying Alive"
[03:35.569]	And though he wants to be all grungy and cool
[03:37.470]	He spent eleven years in a
[03:38.810]	Private school
[03:40.479]	So it don' t matter how he tries
[03:42.330]	He cannot hide behind his rock ' n' roll lies
[03:44.610]	Because you' ve either got it or you don' t
[03:46.419]	Yeah you' ll either rock it or you won' t
[03:48.720]	Yeah you' ve either got it or you don' t
[03:52.479]	Yeah you' ll either rock it or you won' t
[03:58.039]	He knows that his music lacks depth
[04:00.710]	But it just can' t be helped
[04:04.669]	He has nothing interesting to say
[04:07.199]	So he writes about himself
[04:11.900]	But he doesn' t want to see selfobsessed
[04:14.110]	So he writes in third person
[04:20.160]	In an attempt to seem more rock ' n' roll but he knows it' s not working
[04:25.939]	Deep in his heart he knows
[04:29.139]	He will never be Jet or Eskimo Joe
[04:32.800]	And even if he was quite pretty
[04:35.480]	And wrote songs like missy
[04:37.829]	He knows that he will always be
[04:44.879]	A rock ' n' roll nerd
[04:47.819]	He' ll keep writing songs the world don' t care about
[04:51.300]	And though they sound absurd
[04:53.220]	He' ll just keep writing
[04:58.410]	You can criticize him
[05:00.870]	But he won' t care
[05:03.399]	Cos he wants to rock
[05:05.250]	And he will never be deterred
[05:09.329]	But he' ll always be a up, little, tryhard, wannabe rock ' n' roll nerd
[05:15.399]	Stairway to Heaven Intro
[05:20.560]	Rock ' n' roll nerd

[00:00.00]	A song upon the subject
[00:01.642]	Of having night death
[00:10.040]	He doesn' t have a problem with drugs
[00:12.170]	He just doesn' t do them
[00:16.080]	He' s fine that his mates have tattoos
[00:18.030]	But he reckons they' ll rue them
[00:22.130]	He likes going to pubs
[00:23.430]	But he hates it when the music' s too loud
[00:26.310]	He tends not to go to rock concerts
[00:28.290]	Cos he can' t stand the crowds
[00:32.080]	But all he' s ever wanted to be
[00:34.950]	Is a rock star on Rage or MTV
[00:37.850]	But he knows that it' s not very likely
[00:41.060]	He' s just turned thirty
[00:43.300]	He knows that he will always be
[00:49.430]	A rock ' n' roll nerd
[00:51.820]	He' ll keep writing songs the world will never hear
[00:55.810]	And though they won' t be heard
[00:57.680]	He' ll just keep writing
[01:02.250]	But you see the problem is
[01:04.340]	He always dreamt of being a star
[01:07.239]	But he learnt piano instead of guitar
[01:10.829]	Which in the nineties, didn' t get you very far
[01:14.870]	So while the other kids were learning Stairway
[01:17.670]	He was the piano to their forte
[01:20.930]	But he was convinced one day he' d rock their ing asses
[01:26.470]	And be an icon for the disenfranchised masses
[01:31.980]	And grow his hair long and rebel against the state
[01:35.870]	But just for now that he' d have to wait
[01:38.379]	Cos he' s running late for his morning classes
[01:41.879]	And he will always be
[01:44.569]	A rock ' n' roll nerd
[01:47.319]	He' ll keep playing gigs that no one knows about
[01:51.340]	And though it sounds absurd
[01:53.200]	He' ll just keep playing
[01:57.760]	But you see the problem is
[02:00.269]	There' s not much depth in what he' s singing
[02:02.609]	He' s a victim of his uppermiddle class upbringing
[02:06.870]	So he can' t write about the ' hood
[02:09.060]	Or bling bling
[02:12.349]	So he sits and imagines his girlfriend is dead
[02:15.430]	To try and invoke some angst in his middle class head
[02:19.319]	But she' s always fine
[02:20.699]	At half past nine
[02:21.919]	When they go to bed
[02:23.449]	And he' s not spent a single night in prison
[02:26.250]	He has no issues with nutrition
[02:29.620]	He has no drinking problem and no drug addiction
[02:35.349]	Unless you count the drugs they put in chicken
[02:40.629]	And always tends to make him cough
[02:44.340]	He doesn' t look good with his tshirt off
[02:46.460]	And when he tries to act tough
[02:48.389]	You can tell he' s trickin'
[02:52.729]	While his mates all go out late
[02:54.800]	Poppin' pills and having fun
[02:56.860]	He goes home and showers
[02:58.389]	Gets a good eight hours
[02:59.870]	He gets his thrills from his morning run
[03:02.080]	And while his mates all go on dates
[03:04.300]	Taking speed and drinking cans of Jim Beam
[03:06.620]	He stays home and cooks
[03:07.919]	Curls up with a book
[03:09.129]	With a girl he' s had since he was seventeen
[03:12.650]	Cos he' s never been part of the scene
[03:15.060]	While the other kids liked Guns, he liked Queen
[03:17.319]	He' s more into Beatles than the Stones
[03:19.550]	He' s more Stevie Wonder than Ramones
[03:21.990]	And he' s never owned a panel van
[03:24.110]	He' s never shot a Sepultura fan
[03:26.159]	He doesn' t know the difference between metal and thrash
[03:28.289]	He couldn' t tell you nothing about Axl and Slash
[03:30.900]	He likes Ben Folds and the Jackson Five
[03:33.419]	He knows all the words to " Staying Alive"
[03:35.569]	And though he wants to be all grungy and cool
[03:37.470]	He spent eleven years in a
[03:38.810]	Private school
[03:40.479]	So it don' t matter how he tries
[03:42.330]	He cannot hide behind his rock ' n' roll lies
[03:44.610]	Because you' ve either got it or you don' t
[03:46.419]	Yeah you' ll either rock it or you won' t
[03:48.720]	Yeah you' ve either got it or you don' t
[03:52.479]	Yeah you' ll either rock it or you won' t
[03:58.039]	He knows that his music lacks depth
[04:00.710]	But it just can' t be helped
[04:04.669]	He has nothing interesting to say
[04:07.199]	So he writes about himself
[04:11.900]	But he doesn' t want to see selfobsessed
[04:14.110]	So he writes in third person
[04:20.160]	In an attempt to seem more rock ' n' roll but he knows it' s not working
[04:25.939]	Deep in his heart he knows
[04:29.139]	He will never be Jet or Eskimo Joe
[04:32.800]	And even if he was quite pretty
[04:35.480]	And wrote songs like missy
[04:37.829]	He knows that he will always be
[04:44.879]	A rock ' n' roll nerd
[04:47.819]	He' ll keep writing songs the world don' t care about
[04:51.300]	And though they sound absurd
[04:53.220]	He' ll just keep writing
[04:58.410]	You can criticize him
[05:00.870]	But he won' t care
[05:03.399]	Cos he wants to rock
[05:05.250]	And he will never be deterred
[05:09.329]	But he' ll always be a up, little, tryhard, wannabe rock ' n' roll nerd
[05:15.399]	Stairway to Heaven Intro
[05:20.560]	Rock ' n' roll nerd

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