Rock and Roll Lifestyle

Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly

How much did you pay for your bad Moto Guzzi?

And how much did you spend on your black leather jacket?

Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?

Now, tickets to concerts and drinking at clubs

Is sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of

And how much did you pay for your rock and roll T-shirt

That proves you were there, that you heard of them first?

Now how do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?

How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?

How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle, oh tell me

Ah yeah, ah right

Ah right, ah yeah

Ah right, ooh

How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar

The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show?

And how much will he pay for a brand-new guitar

One which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show?

And how long will the workers keep building him new ones

As long as their soda cans are red, white and blue ones?

And how long will the workers keep building him new ones

As long as their soda cans are red, white and blue ones?

Ah yeah, ah yeah

Ah yeah, ah right

Ha, ah, ha, ha, ha

Oh, no

Aging black leather and hospital bills

And tattoo removal and dozens of pills

Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments

But rock on completely with brand new components

Now how do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?

How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?

How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle, oh tell me

Ah yeah, ah right

Ah right, ah yeah

Ah right, ooh

So good, ah baby

Excess ain't rebellion

You're drinking what they're selling

Your destruction doesn't hurt them

Your chaos won't covert them

They're so happy to rebuild it

You'll never really kill it off, yeah

Excess ain't rebellion

You're drinkin' what they're selling

Excess ain't rebellion ah

You're drinkin', you're drinkin' ah yeah

You're drinkin' what they're selling

Ah, yeah, ah right

Ah yeah

Ah right