Barenaked Ladies – New Kid On The Block (Guitar)

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I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sore

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'Cause you can see my face in the window of every store

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You can buy my lunch box, and you can wear my clothes

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You can remember my name just as plain as the face under your nose

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I'm a new kid on the block

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Though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach

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So we may not write the songs we sing

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But look at Elvis, he sold his soul and

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You crowned him king

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I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sad

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You see, I've got everything that I always wished I had

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I thank my manager and I thank the screaming girls, oh

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I thank my hairdresser for giving me such beautiful curls

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Now I'm a new kid on the block

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Well I'm twenty-three and they won't let me grow up

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I went down to register for the draft

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Well I got up to the counter, and the lady there just laughed

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She said you're a new kid on the block

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Young girls scream and old boys mock

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Well you broke my youngest daughter's heart

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Well I knew you kids were trouble from the start

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I didn't ask to be famous, but I'm not sure

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That we're as apple pie as you always thought we were

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I can stay up all night, and I can have a blast

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I can breakdance, I can fight, I can kick your sorry ass

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I'm a new kid on the block

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And 'though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach

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Well there's no need to be afraid of us

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Though it just might be your daughter on our bus

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I'm a new kid on the block (step one, that was fun)

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And 'though I may not be Johann Sebastian Bach (think of what you say, think of what you do)

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Well there's no need to be afraid of us (whoa, oh, oh, oh, whoa, oh)

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Though it just might be your daughter on our bus (hey, yeah, hey)