Lyrics

[Verse 1] Well, there's slim times when my words won't rhyme And the hills I face are a long hard climb I just sit cross-legged with my old guitar Ooh, it kinda makes me feel like a rock 'n' roll star [Verse 2] Well, it makes me laugh, Lord, it makes me cry And I think, for once, let me just get high Let me get electric, put a silk suit on Turn my old guitar into a tommy gun [Bridge] And root-toot-shoot myself to fame Every kid alive gonna know my name An overnight phenomenon like there's never been A motivated supersonic king of the scene [Chorus] I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break I'm gonna be a teenage idol, no matter how long it takes You can't imagine what it means to me I'm going to grab myself a place in history A teenage idol, ooh That's what I'm gonna be (Oh yeah) [Verse 3] Well, life is short and the world is rough And if you're going to boogie, boy, you got to be tough Nobody knows if I'm dead or alive I just drink myself to sleep each night [Verse 4] And so I pray to the teenage god of rock If I make it big, let me stay on top You gotta cut me loose from this one-room dive Put me on the ladder, keep this boy alive [Bridge] And root-toot-shoot myself to fame Every kid alive gonna know my name An overnight phenomenon like there's never been A motivated supersonic king of the scene [Chorus] I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break I'm gonna be a teenage idol, no matter how long it takes You can't imagine what it means to me I'm going to grab myself a place in history A teenage idol (Ha, yeah, ooh) That's what I'm gonna be