Success Story Lyrics

 (Entwistle)
 
 Friday night, I'm on my way home
 The automated world can crack
 I'm home for the weekend
 I'm gonna make the most of my time
 There's a rock and roll singer on the television
 Giving up his music, gonna take up religion
 Deserted rock and roll
 To try to save me, so ...
 
 Saturday night, gotta gig with the band
 Playing the electric guitar
 Someday I'm gonna make it
 Gonna be a super-duper-star
 Get a flashy car
 And a house for my Ma
 The big break better happen soon
 'Cause I'm pushing twenty-one
 
 Just like Cinderella
 When she couldn't go to the ball
 A voice said, "I'm your fairy manager
 You shall play the Carnegie Hall"
 I gotta give up my day job
 To become a heartthrob
 I may go far if I smash my guitar
 
 Away for the weekend
 I've gotta play some one-night stands
 Six for the tax man, and one for the band
 Back in the studio to make our latest number one
 Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six
 You know, this used to be fun
 
 Monday morning, I just got home
 Six and the birds are singing
 I need a drink and my clothes are wet
 Ooh, and my ears are still ringing
 There's a rock and roll singer boppin' on the TV
 He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key
 Amended his decision to the new religion