Pete Townshend - Stardom In Action lyrics

Just like the grub that wriggles to the top of the mass

I'm the first to get hooked

Just like the stub of that long cigarette full of hash

I'm the first to get booked.

But I'm incapable

My love's inescapable

Conquering lethargy

I've got energy

Stardom - I want a hit

Want my tan, want my cash, want my innocence.

Stardom - I want a script

Want my band, want my stash, want omnipotence.

I'll go where the senescent soldier retires

And shiver in south California,

Watching the storms and the tangling wire

And rivers that meet on the corner.

Like some prostitute

Handing round the loot,

I am not ashamed

I will stake a claim.

Stardom - born in a trunk

Got my home, got my car, got stability

Stardom - I'm Hollywood's son

All alone don't admire anonimity.

I'm so angry that you turned me on,

I didn't remain your friend for too long

I'm so angry that you turned me on,

I didn't stay your friend for too long.

I'm so angry that you let me see

My totally futile destiny.

I'm so angry - you interrupted my dream,

Now I know that the power rests in me.

Stardom in action that's all they got