Me and my best buddy Joe
played something nice and slow
for the talent show at Central Valley High.
All the buddies in the back
did their best not to laugh,
but I remember that all the young girls cried.
We couldn't stand within 15 feet of the liquor at the local bar.
Friday night Joe played piano and I strummed this guitar.
And it wasn't those record execs we were impressing.
We didn't care about self-expression.
We weren't trying to change the world.
Yeah,
we always thought the fame was kind of funny.
We didn't give a damn about the money.
We always played for the girls.
Yeah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
Yeah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
Yeah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah.
Went to college for my old man.
Worked all summer and bought a Chevy van.
Got a five-piece band of boys with the same dream.
We played AAA parks and Legion rules.
We knocked the cover off the cover tunes.
Some rocks,
some blues,
and a whole lot of country.
Sometimes it cost us more than we were getting paid.
But a few screams in,
we'd start remembering why it was we came.
And it wasn't those record execs we were impressing.
We didn't care about self-expression.
We weren't trying to change the world.
Yeah,
we always thought the fame was kind of funny.
We didn't give a damn about the money.
We always played for the girls.
Yeah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
Yeah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah.
Yeah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah,
nah.
That was so nice.
Now we got our name in lights.
And we're negotiating movie rights.
We take chartered flights.
And they tell us where the gig is.
We wrote a book called The Truth Been Known.
They named a street after us back home.
And when Rolling Stone asked us how we did it,
we said it ain't those record execs who we're impressing.
No, we don't care about self-expression.
We're not trying to change the world.
Yeah, we still think that fame is kind of funny.
We don't give a damn about the money.
We're always playing for the girls.
Yeah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah,
nah.
For the girls.
Yeah.
Nah, nah, nah, nare.
Naw, na, na, na, na, na Oh,
yeah,
nah, nah, nah, nah, nah, nah,
na,
na.
Yeah, I'm gonna, gonna, gonna, gonna, gonna,
gonna, gonna,
gonna, gonna, gonna, gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,
gonna,