(New York, New York,) is a great garbage pile of western civilization.
Where else is the fact that people live like c***aroaches cause for celebration.
(when they play there music) ooh that modern music, they want to make a million bucks
cus everybody is crawling to the top of the heap, and no one really gives a f***.
They say the heart of rock and roll is the profit.
It's the product and everyone bought it.
you gotta go craw to the market,
but the heart of rock'n'roll, heart of rock'n'roll is the profit.
L.A., Hollywood where they manufacture dreams, cus that's still beautiful.
Hallucinations of pleasure and control that lead us from wall to wall.
(When they play their music) that hard rocking music, they pack it with a lot of lies
so it makes an entertaining feel good illusion that every slave wants to buy.
They say the heart of rock and roll is the profit.
It's the product and everyone bought it.
We all love to get nostalgic,
but the heart of rock'n'roll, heart of rock'n'roll is the profit, yeah.
(Commercial)
Feel your heart begin to pound, you pulse start to race, your night is coming, Friday May 4 AstroWorld and KKBQ bring you the biggest party of the year, onstage Huey Lewis and the News, this party has it all, AstroWorld and the party band of the year, Huey Lewis and the News
Heuy Lewis, Culture Club, Billy Joel, Loverboy, Pat Benetar
Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Billy Idol, Men At Work, Cindi Lauper.
Everywhere there's music, main stream music, mass media controled
but they like to make it sound like it comes from the people, so they always call it "rock 'n roll."
They say the heart of rock and roll is the profit.
It's the product and everyone bought it.
Whatever it had has passed it,
but the heart of rock'n'roll, heart of rock'n'roll is the profit,
In Pearland. Clear Lake City!
Where else is the fact that people live like c***aroaches cause for celebration.
(when they play there music) ooh that modern music, they want to make a million bucks
cus everybody is crawling to the top of the heap, and no one really gives a f***.
They say the heart of rock and roll is the profit.
It's the product and everyone bought it.
you gotta go craw to the market,
but the heart of rock'n'roll, heart of rock'n'roll is the profit.
L.A., Hollywood where they manufacture dreams, cus that's still beautiful.
Hallucinations of pleasure and control that lead us from wall to wall.
(When they play their music) that hard rocking music, they pack it with a lot of lies
so it makes an entertaining feel good illusion that every slave wants to buy.
They say the heart of rock and roll is the profit.
It's the product and everyone bought it.
We all love to get nostalgic,
but the heart of rock'n'roll, heart of rock'n'roll is the profit, yeah.
(Commercial)
Feel your heart begin to pound, you pulse start to race, your night is coming, Friday May 4 AstroWorld and KKBQ bring you the biggest party of the year, onstage Huey Lewis and the News, this party has it all, AstroWorld and the party band of the year, Huey Lewis and the News
Heuy Lewis, Culture Club, Billy Joel, Loverboy, Pat Benetar
Michael Jackson, Eurythmics, Billy Idol, Men At Work, Cindi Lauper.
Everywhere there's music, main stream music, mass media controled
but they like to make it sound like it comes from the people, so they always call it "rock 'n roll."
They say the heart of rock and roll is the profit.
It's the product and everyone bought it.
Whatever it had has passed it,
but the heart of rock'n'roll, heart of rock'n'roll is the profit,
In Pearland. Clear Lake City!