Success Story Letra - The Who

Friday night, I'm on my way home

They oughta make work a crime

I'm home for the weekend

I'm going to make the most of my time

There's a rock and roll singer on the television

Giving up his music, gonna take up religion

Deserted rock and roll

To try to save his soul

Saturday night, gotta gig with a band

Playing the electric guitar

Someday I'm going to make it

Going to be a super-duper-star

Get a big flashy car

And a house for my Ma

The big break better happen soon

Because I'm pushing twenty-one

Just like Cinderella

When she couldn't go to the ball

A voice said, "I'm your fairy manager

You shall play the Carnegie Hall"

I got to give up my day job

To become a heartthrob

I may go far if I smash my guitar

Away for the weekend

I've got to play some one-night stands

Six for the tax man, and one for the band

Back in the studio to make our latest number one

Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six

You know, this used to be fun

Monday morning, I just got home

Six and the birds are singing

I need a drink and my clothes are wet

Oh, and my ears are still ringing

There's a rock and roll singer bopping on the TV

He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key

Amended his decision to the new religion