The Who Success Story song lyrics

Friday night, I'm on my way home

They ought to make work a crime

I'm home for the weekend

I'm gonna make the most of my time

There's a rock and roll singer on the television

Giving up his music, gonna take up religion

Deserted rock and roll

To try to save his soul

Saturday night, I got a gig with the band

Playing the electric guitar

Someday I'm gonna make it

Gonna be a super duper star

Get a big flashy car

And a house for my Mum

The big break better happen soon

'Cause I'm pushing twenty-one

Just like Cinderella when she couldn't go to the ball

A voice said "I'm your fairy manager, you shall play the Carnegie Hall"

I gotta give up my day job to become a heartthrob

I may go far if I smash my guitar

Away for the weekend

I've gotta play some one-night stands

Six for the tax man

And one for the band

Back in the studio

To make our latest number one

Take two hundred and seventy six

You know, this used to be fun

Monday morning, I just got home

Six and the birds are singing

I need a drink and my clothes are wet

Oooh and my ears are still ringing

There's a rock and roll singer bopping on the TV

He used to be a preacher but now he sings in a major key

Amended his decision

To the new religion