Rock Star

Album: Songs from an American Movie, Vol. 2 (2000)
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  • Hey, look at me!
    Ha ha ha ha ha
    Whoo!
    Ha ha ha ha ha

    I don't want to be a loser
    No, I don't want to be an almost was
    I don't want to be a white trash, working class chump
    I don't want to be a loser anymore

    That's why I want to be a
    Rock star
    I want to be the king
    I want to be on top
    Yeah, I just want to be a
    Rock star
    Now I just want to be famous
    I want to be the guy that everybody wants

    I want to be on TV shows
    And wear designer clothes
    I want a girlfriend who does not drink beer
    I want to drive a fast car
    And sleep with certain movie stars
    I want to sing the songs
    That all the little people want to hear

    I just want to be a rock star
    I want to be like all those people up in first class
    I just want to be a rock star
    I want to tell the little people
    They can kiss my ass

    I just want to be a rock star
    I just want to get laid
    Yeah, I just want to be a rock star
    A different girl for every different day

    That's why I want to be a rock star
    Be like all those guys on the MTV
    Yeah, I just want to be a rock star
    I want to make those girls on the Real World
    Fantasize about me

    I just want to be a rock star
    I want to be the king
    I want to be on top
    Yeah, I just want to be a rock star
    I just want to be famous
    Everybody everywhere wants to be famous
    And everybody everywhere wishes they could tell
    Everybody everywhere to go to hell

    I just want to be a rock star
    I just want to get high
    Yeah, I just want to party like a rock star
    Until the day I die

    I just want to be a rock star x 4
    Oh-oh-oh-oh! Writer/s: ART ALEXAKIS, CRAIG MONTOYA, GREG EKLUND
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Alec Thorp from Yorktown Heights, NyThat kid happens to be the show's titular character Ned Bigby.
  • King from Starkville, MsArt Alexakis and company perform part of this song on an episode of Nickelodeon's "Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide".
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