Let me tell you something you don't seem to understand
  I don't really care about your crappy local band.
  Don't you tell me I can't tell you what to do
  I can, on the whole,
  'cause I work for a magazine
  and I wrote a book about rock and roll
    I wrote a book about rock and roll
  I wrote a book about rock and roll
  I think rock and roll is wonderful
  and I wrote a book about rock and roll
    I know words like "sobriquet," "malaise" and "plutocrat."
  And I compare the Shaggs to Wittgenstein--
  how cool is that?
  Oh, you don't? I didn't think you would.
  Aren't my references out of control? Sometimes I even stump myself,
  but it's all in my book about rock and roll.
    I wrote a book about rock and roll
  I wrote a book about rock and roll
  rock and roll is in my soul
  so I wrote a book about rock and roll
    hey yeah yeah, rock and roll
    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
  and I got all of them for free
    Hey, thanks for the free CD, I can sell it at the store down the block
  And don't be surprised if I say "kiss my ass"
  that's how rock and rollers talk (like me)
  but you better treat me right
  'cause I'm mean and powerful
  but you'll never be a reference in
  my next book about rock and roll
    I wrote a book about rock and roll
  I wrote a book about rock and roll
  rock and roll is wonderful
  so I wrote a book about rock and roll