So you want to be
A rock and roll star
Well, times have changed

That's all i'll say

You still need an electric guitar

But most of all you need
That radio, radio play


All day, all day
Play and play and play


So you think that
Your music's an art
And every song

Has something to say

I'll tell you now

That your learning will start
When you listen real hard
To that radio, radio play


All day, all day
Play and play and play


[chorus]
You gotta write one killer cut

The song is a pearl
(the song is just a pearl)
You gotta write one killer cut

To turn on the world
(turning on the world)


So you want to be
A rock and roll star
Well, times have changed

That's all i'll say

You still need an electric guitar

But most of all you need
That radio, radio play


All day, all day
Play and play and play


[repeat chorus]

The short road to fame

If you don't mind the blame
Is to steal the best bits
From those top forty hits


Just keep it real short
And when the records are bought

You're a star

[repeat chorus]


All the company men
Will remind you again and again

If you get things just right
It's success overnight


If you listen and learn
You'll have money to burn
You're a star


[repeat chorus]