Well, your CD collection looks shiny and costly
How much did you pay for your bad Moto Guzzi?
And how much did you spend on your black leather jacket?
Is it you or your parents in this income tax bracket?

Now, tickets to concerts and drinking at clubs
Is sometimes for music that you haven't even heard of
And how much did you pay for your rock and roll T-shirt
That proves you were there, that you heard of them first?

Now how do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle, oh tell me

Ah yeah, ah right
Ah right, ah yeah
Ah right, ooh

How much did you pay for the chunk of his guitar
The one he ruthlessly smashed at the end of the show?
And how much will he pay for a brand-new guitar
One which he'll ruthlessly smash at the end of another show?

And how long will the workers keep building him new ones
As long as their soda cans are red, white and blue ones?
And how long will the workers keep building him new ones
As long as their soda cans are red, white and blue ones?

Ah yeah, ah yeah
Ah yeah, ah right
Ha, ah, ha, ha, ha
Oh, no

Aging black leather and hospital bills
And tattoo removal and dozens of pills
Your liver pays dearly now for youthful magic moments
But rock on completely with brand new components

Now how do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle?
How do you afford your rock and roll lifestyle, oh tell me

Ah yeah, ah right
Ah right, ah yeah
Ah right, ooh
So good, ah baby

Excess ain't rebellion
You're drinking what they're selling
Your destruction doesn't hurt them
Your chaos won't covert them

They're so happy to rebuild it
You'll never really kill it off, yeah
Excess ain't rebellion
You're drinkin' what they're selling

Excess ain't rebellion ah
You're drinkin', you're drinkin' ah yeah
You're drinkin' what they're selling

Ah, yeah, ah right
Ah yeah
Ah right