*Lauging*
I don't believe it
Ah, ah, don't touch me
Hey Ray -
Hey sugar - Tell 'em who we are.

Well we're big rock singers
We've got golden fingers
And we're loved everywhere we go
*That sounds like us*
We sing about beauty
And we sing about truth
At ten thousand dollars a show
*Right*
We take all kind'a pills
The give us all kind'a thrills
But the thrill we never know
Is the thrill that'll gitcha
When you get your picture
On the cover of The Rolling Stone

(Chorus)
Rolling Stone - Gonna see my picture on the cover
Stone - Gonna buy five copies for my mother
Stone - Gonna see my smiling face
On the cover of The Rolling Stone

*That's a very, very good idea*

I gotta freaky old lady
Named 'a cocaine Katy
Who embroiders on my jeans
I got my poor old gray haired daddy
Driving my limousine
Now it's all designed
To blow our minds
But our minds won't really be blown
Like the blow that'll gitcha
When you get your picture
On the cover of The Rolling Stone

(Chorus)

*Hey! I know how. ROCK AND ROLL!!*
*Oh, that's beautiful*

We got a lot 'a little teenage
Blue eye'd groupies
Who'd do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru
Who's teaching us a better way
We've got all the friends
That money can buy
So we never have to be alone
And we keep gettin' richer
But we can't get our picture
On the cover of The Rolling Stone

(Chorus)

(Chorus)

*I can see it now, we'll be right up front smilin'*
*Ahh, beautiful*


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    only 5 comments for this song? what is wrong with yall? this is a great song

    Wedenfuddon February 12, 2009   Link
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    I always thought this song was by Poison, you know, the 80s hair band.

    sammy4770on April 27, 2002   Link
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    This song is so...for lack of a better word, addicting! It gets stuck inside my head with just the first 6 notes!! I still think it's a good song though. Just a fun one

    inconceivableon November 19, 2004   Link
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    This song reminds me of Almost Famous =)

    whatafeelingon January 04, 2005   Link
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    Yeah, it's too true. It seems that you have to that "something" to get on the cover of Rolling Stone. This song is just funny.

    OpinionHeadon March 08, 2006   Link
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    Sammy- It was covered by Poison. It's on their 2000 album, "Crack a Smile...and More."

    2Loudon June 20, 2007   Link
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    Wedenfudd, I agree... Although I think I commented most of Dr. Hook and the Medicine show under the artist Dr Hook so yeah..

    Hahaha.. I guess being on the cover of the Rollingstone is a big accomplishment. I love this song. A lot of my friends laugh at me for listening to Dr. Hook 'cause I'm only 18, but I grew up on it. My dad is an avid listener so naturally I am too. I think this song (& the rest of their songs) deserve a whole lot more comments and more recognition.. Oh yeah, and to be on the cover of the rollingstone :P

    stagnateon March 11, 2009   Link
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    the problem is that most of the people who get on here are too young to remember let alone know who the greats in music are. :( This is a great song. :)Ever try to embroider on jeans? It's hard to do!

    emuInAmuumuuon May 29, 2012   Link

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