Name: Rock Star
Duration: P00H02M51S
Description: I wrote Rock Star after Bowie and Haggard passed away. I don't want to be a rock star. I just want to share my songs. What happens happens.

Rock Star

from Just A Ruse by Just a Ruse

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I wrote Rock Star after Bowie and Haggard passed away. I don't want to be a rock star. I just want to share my songs. What happens happens.

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Oh please don’t make me a rock star today.
2016 is taking them away.
I couldn’t wait for that glorious day,
my name up in lights and my feet on that stage.

I can sing you the blues that bring tears to your eye.
Put you to sleep with a sweet lullaby.
They’ll make me a deal, with my soul I must pay
Oh please don’t make me a rock star today.

Think of the legends we lost this year.
Being a rock star is what I most fear.
Bowie, Haggard, Frey and Kantner.
Somebody please tell me what’s going on here.

Some in their prime not even that old
They played with their lives and paid with their souls.
Oh I’ll sing for pennies while you sing for gold.
I’ll play all my life and die with my soul

I’ll hold this guitar till I’m old and grey.
Oh please don’t make me a rock star today.
Oh please don’t make me a rock star today
2016 is taking them away.

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from Just A Ruse, track released July 28, 2016
Singer/Songwriter Jennifer Ruse
Recorded, mixed and mastered at The Outpost.
Lead Guitar and Bass Ken Wagman

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