So you want to be a rock and roll star    (video)    (intro)    (midi)

 

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1.       So you want to be a rock and roll star,

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    then listen now to what I say,

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    just get an electric guitar

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    then take some time and learn how to play.

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    And with your hair combed right,

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    and your pants fit tight, it's gonna be all right.

 

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2.     Then it's time to go downtown,

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    where the agent man won't let you down,

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    sell your soul to the company,

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    who are waiting there to sell plastic ware.

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    And in a week or two, if you make the charts, the girls'll tear you apart. 

 

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3.     The price you paid for your riches and fame,

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    was it all a strange game, you're a little insane.

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    The money that came and the public acclaim,

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    don't forget what you are, you're a rock and roll star.

 

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    (The Byrds)