Elton John
I’m Going to Be a Teenage Idol lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 1973
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:56
Well, there's slim times when my words won't rhyme
And the hills I face are a long hard climb
I just sit cross-legged with my old guitar
Ooh it kind of makes me feel like a rock and roll star
Well, it makes me laugh, Lord, it makes me cry
And I think for once let me just get high
Let me get electric, put a silk suit on
Turn my old guitar into atomic gun
And root-toot-shoot myself to fame
Every kid alive gonna know my name
An overnight phenomenon like there's never been
A motivated supersonic king of the scene
I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break
I'm gonna be a teenage idol no matter how long it takes
You cannot imagine what it means to me
I'm gonna grab myself a place in history
A teenage idol, o!
That's what I'm gonna be, o yeah
Well, life is short and the world is rough
And if you're gonna boogie, boy, you got to be tough
Nobody knows if I'm dead or alive
I just drink myself to sleep each night
And so I pray to the teenage god of rock
If I make it big, let me stay on top
You got to cut me loose from this one room dive
Put me on the ladder, keep this boy alive
And root-toot-shoot myself to fame
Every kid alive gonna know my name
An overnight phenomenon like there's never been
A motivated supersonic king of the scene
I'll be a teenage idol, just give me a break
I'm gonna be a teenage idol no matter how long it takes
You can't imagine what it means to me
I'm gonna grab myself a place in a history
A teenage idol, oh, eh, ooh
That's what I'm gonna be
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Key vocabulary
- nobody
- no personA1
- one
- a single numberA1
- grab
- take quicklyB2
- there's
- there isA1
- slim
- thin; narrowA2
- break
- stop working or break apartA1
- every
- each oneA1
- give
- hand overA1
- high
- at a great heightA1
- know
- have understandingA1
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About this song
Elton John is an English singer-songwriter and pianist known for his role in pop rock and piano-driven glam rock. He became famous for the songwriting partnership with Bernie Taupin and for a career that produced major chart hits and award-winning performances.