every time my parents were gone

they’d hire this baby sitter named Dawn

I’d stay up late, watch MTV

opened up a whole new world to me

she always used to say that ever Friday

the whole high school would go, let’s go

over to the school’s gymnasium to bask in the rocknroll

there were mullets, heshers, skaters, jocks

new wave band geek brains

they’d all get together, dance forever

cause the music made them the same



SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BEFORE I PULL THE PLUG WOULD YOU SET ME FREE

MY LIFE SUCKS IT’S NOT THE ONE I SEE ON MTV, YEAH



I grew up, Dawn got knocked up, MTV got huge

by the time it was my turn to rock and roll

I realized we were used

cause the fable on the cable made it able for the label

turn the table on the music scene

when you’re just 13 what the hell’s that mean

how are you supposed to know

mullets, heshers, skaters, jocks

punk rock kids with chains

they couldn’t stay together and dance forever

money made the music change



SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BEFORE I PULL THE PLUG WOULD YOU SET ME FREE

MY LIFE SUCKS IT’S NOT THE ONE I SEE ON MTV



it was the old rock and roll under brand new control

and a holy war was waged

but the billions of civilians they forgot who were the villains

and the underdog died on stage



I want my MTV, yeah, yeah

but don’t it want me

I want my MTV but it’ don’t want me, yeah



SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BEFORE I FALL APART WOULD YOU SET ME FREE

I STILL KNOW THE WAY THAT WE COULD

SAVE THE LAST DANCE FOR ME

BEFORE I PULL THE PLUG WOULD YOU SET ME FREE

THE REAL WORLD SUCKS IT’S NOT THE ONE I SEE ON MTV

THE ONE I SEE ON MTV, YEAH






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