Billy wants to be a rock star, hey hey hey

he dreams about it very night and day, hey hey hey

He loves to be in the limelight, hey hey hey

He's gonna make it someday

Backbeat says, everybody loves him

Everybody, everybody loves him

Backbeat says, this is his passion



Feels so good tonight

Everything is right

The marketing plan is right

And EMI is very, very nice

But Billy is tired



Hey hey hey, hey hey hey

Tammy works at the diner, hey hey hey

She wants to be a movie actor, hey hey hey

She wants to move to the big city

Everybody thinks: she's pretty

Backbeat says, everybody loves her

Everybody, everybody loves her

Backbeat says, this is her passion



Feels so good tonight

Everything is right

The marketing plan is right

And EMI is very, very nice

But Tammy is tired



Some say it's easy

To be Billy, to be Tammy cuz they're stars

But it's a journey

it takes you all around the world



Feels so good tonight

Everything is right

The marketing plan is right

And EMI is very, very nive

But they are all tired. (X2)