[Intro]

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Let me tell you something you don't seem to understand
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I don't really care about your crappy local band
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Don't you tell me I can't tell you what to do
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I can, on the whole

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'Cause I work for a magazine
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And I wrote a book about rock and roll

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I wrote a book about rock and roll
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I wrote a book about rock and roll
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I think rock and roll is wonderful
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And I wrote a book about rock and roll

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I know words like "sobriquet," "malaise" and "plutocrat."
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And I compare the Shaggs to Wittgenstein--
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How cool is that?
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Oh, you don't? I didn't think you would
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Aren't my references out of control?

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Sometimes I even stump myself
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But it's all in my book about rock and roll

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I wrote a book about rock and roll
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I wrote a book about rock and roll
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Rock and roll is in my soul
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So I wrote a book about rock and roll

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Hey yeah yeah, rock and roll

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If you start doubting me
There's something you should see
Take a look at these
Thousands of CDs
No one has more than me
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And I got all of them for free

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Hey, thanks for the free CD, I can sell it at the store down the block
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And don't be surprised if I say "kiss my ass"
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That's how rock and rollers talk (like me)
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But you better treat me right
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'Cause I'm mean and powerful

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But you'll never be a reference in
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My next book about rock and roll

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I wrote a book about rock and roll
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I wrote a book about rock and roll
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Rock and roll is wonderful
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So I wrote a book about rock and roll

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Hey yeah yeah, rock and roll