Nickelback – Rockstar

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I'm through with standing in line
To clubs I'll never get in
It's like the bottom of the ninth
And I'm never gonna win
This life hasn't turned out
Quite the way I want it to be
(Tell me what you want)

I want a brand new house
On an episode of Cribs
And a bathroom I can play baseball in
And a king size tub big enough
For ten plus me
(So what you need?)

I'll need a credit card that's got no limit
And a big black jet with a bedroom in it
Gonna join the mile high club
At thirty-seven thousand feet
(Been there, done that)

I want a new tour bus full of old guitars
My own star on Hollywood Boulevard
Somewhere between Cher and
James Dean is fine for me
(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

'Cause we all just wanna be big rock stars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny in her bleach blond hair, and we'll
Hey, hey, I want to be a rock star
Hey, hey, I want to be a rock star

I want to be great like Elvis without the tassels
Hire eight body guards that love to beat up assholes
Sign a couple autographs
So I can eat my meals for free
(I'll have the quesadilla)

I'm gonna dress my ass
With the latest fashion
Get a front door key to the Playboy mansion
Gonna date a centerfold that loves to
Blow my money for me
(Does this make me look fat?)
(So how you gonna do it?)

I'm gonna trade this life for fortune and fame
I'd even cut my hair and change my name

Cause we all just wanna be big rock stars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well
Hey, hey, I want to be a rock star
Hey, hey, I want to be a rock star

I'm gonna sing those songs
That offend the censors
Gonna pop my pills
From a Pez dispenser
Get washed-up singers writing all my songs
Lip sync 'em every night so I don't get 'em wrong

Well, we all just want to be big rock stars
And live in hilltop houses driving fifteen cars
The girls come easy and the drugs come cheap
We'll all stay skinny 'cause we just won't eat
And we'll hang out in the coolest bars
In the VIP with the movie stars
Every good gold digger's gonna wind up there
Every Playboy bunny with her bleach blond hair
And we'll hide out in the private rooms
With the latest dictionary and today's who's who
They'll get you anything with that evil smile
Everybody's got a drug dealer on speed dial, well
Hey, hey, I want to be a rock star
Hey, hey, I want to be a rock star

Send "Rockstar" Ringtone to Cell


Lyrics submitted by Likwuid_Ice

Track duration: 04:12

"Rockstar" as written by Jeffrey B. Atkins, Lenny Kravitz, Irving Domingo Lorenzo, Andre S. Parker

Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.

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  • 0
    Song Meaning:The meaning of the song is that everybody wants to be a 'rockstar'. From the outside, it seems like the coolest thing ever. They list all the stuff you want that you could have if you WERE a rockstar; not waiting in lines at clubs you'll never get in, nice house, bathroom you can 'play baseball in', king size tub 'big enough for 10 + me', credit card with tonnes of money, new tour bus, old guitars, have the legacy of a rockstar. But then as the song goes on, they're almost making fun of the lifestyle, stating 'the girls come easy and the drugs come cheap, we'll all stay skinny cause' we just won't eat' saying, it's really not all that great. Girls that don';t really love you, not eating to stay skinny and drugs. It's something that everyone supposedly wants; they overlook all the bad stuff behind the cool front.
    Flag brelynleeon November 09, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:MrJOLLy, I like your interpritation of the song it is the only good one on here, maybe even the only good comment, and to all those hating on Nickelback or this song in general please stop it gets really annoying having to see that, and Nickelback are a good band and this a good song.
    Flag Baccarrion October 02, 2011   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:This song blows even more than the rest of Nickelback's God awful catalog. James Dean would be offended if he knew they used his name in this song.
    Flag seanmallon September 11, 2010   Link
  • -3
    General Comment:Nickelback is one of the worst bands in history, just a load of mainstream wannabes. This song is so bland and feelingless. They probably got some lonely dude to write this for them; they already ARE rock stars. Just because they are rock stars doesn't mean they're GOOD rock stars, though. Honestly...
    Flag NoPrideon June 25, 2010   Link
  • -3
    General Comment:Nickelback is one of the worst bands ever.
    Flagged Boosemoon June 25, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Opinion:NickelBack is one of the best bands ever!!!
    Flagged Castro2manon June 03, 2010   Link
  • 0
    Song Meaning:It meanss, he wants to be a rockstar, hell do anything to be one, but there is also downsides to living the rockstar style.((:
    Flag Blameitonthekayyon March 14, 2010   Link
  • 0
    My Interpretation:"I�m gonna trade this life
    For fortune and fame
    I�d even cut my hair
    And change my name"

    Right there Chet Frogger is obviously talking about suicide. And Barack Obama becoming the president. And about the war in Iraq and he is sad that Michael Jackson have dead.
    Flag lyricwizardon November 05, 2009   Link
  • 0
    General Comment:My son introduced me to this song a few months before he was killed (RIP Wizzle 8/23/88-9/13/07); he LOVED it and had it as his ringtone. After he was killed I bought musical cards that played "Big House" for his B-FAM (brothers from another mother) with an inscription that Josh finally had a mansion with a bathroom he could play baseball in on a luxury even "rockstars" don't have: golden streets. This song will always be special me.
    Flag Wizzleon August 01, 2009   Link
  • -1
    General Comment:This is one of the most bland songs I've ever heard.
    Flag KillViacomon August 01, 2009   Link

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