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Well, your CD collection 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 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 and drinking at clubs |
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Is sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of |
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And how much did you pay for your rock and 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 and roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle, oh tell me |
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Ah yeah, ah right |
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Ah right, ah yeah |
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Ah right, ooh |
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How much did you pay 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 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 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 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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Ah yeah, ah yeah |
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Ah yeah, ah right |
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Ha, ah, ha, ha, ha |
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Oh, no |
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Aging black leather and hospital bills |
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And tattoo 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 brand new components |
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Now how do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle? |
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How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle, oh tell me |
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Ah yeah, ah right |
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Ah right, ah yeah |
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Ah right, ooh |
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So good, ah baby |
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Excess ain't rebellion |
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You're drinking what they're selling |
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Your destruction doesn't hurt them |
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Your chaos won't covert them |
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They're so happy to rebuild it |
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You'll never really kill it off, yeah |
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Excess ain't rebellion |
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You're drinkin' what they're selling |
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Excess ain't rebellion ah |
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You're drinkin', you're drinkin' ah yeah |
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You're drinkin' what they're selling |
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Ah, yeah, ah right |
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Ah yeah |
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Ah right |
