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 
It kind of makes me feel like a rock and roll star 
 
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 
 
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 
 
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 gonna grab myself a place in history 
A teenage idol that's what I'm gonna be 
 
Well life is short and the world is rough 
And if you're gonna boogie boy you got to be tough 
Nobody knows if I'm dead or alive 
I just drink myself to sleep each night 
 
And so I pray to the teenage god of rock 
If I make it big let me stay on top 
You got to cut me loose from this one room dive 
Put me on the ladder keep this boy alive