Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin

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
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 a tommy 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 can´t imagine what it means to me
I´m gonna grab myself a place in history

A teenage idol that´s what I´m gonna be

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