ROCKSTARS DON’T RETIRE

 ROCKSTARS DON’T RETIRE

THEY SAY YOU’RE TOO OLD – TO GET A NEW DEAL
IT’S ALL ABOUT IMAGE AND NOT WHAT YOU FEEL
AND THERE’S NO TV LEFT  – FOR YOU TO GET ON
THERE’S NO DJ OUT THERE – WHO WILL PLAY YOUR SONG

YOUR MANAGER’S MISSING AND SO IS YOUR WIFE
YOUR ACCOUNTANT JUST CALLED -HE’S BOUGHT A NEW LIFE
YOU’VE NO MINDERS NO MAID AND NO HANGERS ON
NO HOTELS TO TRASH – ‘COS THE GRAVY TRAIN’S GONE

BUT AS SURE AS THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE MORNING
YEAH, YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER PLAN QUIETLY FORMING
LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE FIRE
THAT’S WHY ROCKSTARS DON’T RETIRE

REMEMBER THE GOOD TIMES WHEN YOU TOPPED THE CHART
AND EVERYONE LOVED YOU AND MUSIC WAS ART
YOU PACKED IN THE PUNTERS AND CONQUERED THE CROWD
YOU OUTRAGED THEIR PARENTS- THEY SAID YOU’RE TOO LOUD

YOU BOUGHT AN OLD CASTLE, YOUNG GIRLS AND A BOAT
YOU PARTIED AND THEN PARKED YOUR ROLLS IN THE MOAT
YOU TRUSTED YOUR LAWYER WHEN HE SAID “SIGN THIS”
AND AWAY WENT YOUR PENSION – WITHOUT PREJUDICE

BUT AS SURE AS THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE MORNING
YEAH, YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER PLAN QUIETLY FORMING
LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE FIRE
THAT’S WHY ROCKSTARS DON’T RETIRE

NOW YOU DON’T NEED THE TV – OR ANY DJ
YOU’VE DISCOVERED THE INTERNET- AND YOU’RE DOING OK
THOUGH CD’S ARE OVER AND SALES IN DECLINE
THANK GOD, FOR THE IPOD – IT ARRIVED JUST IN TIME

BUT AS SURE AS THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE MORNING
YEAH, YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER PLAN QUIETLY FORMING
LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE FIRE…..
AS SURE AS THE SUN WILL RISE IN THE MORNING
YEAH, YOU’VE GOT ANOTHER PLAN QUIETLY FORMING
LIKE A PHOENIX FROM THE FIRE
THAT’S WHY ROCKSTARS – THAT’S WHY ROCKSTARS
THAT’S WHY ROCKSTARS –  DON’T RETIRE