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Nick Hensley © 2008 - Biography Of A Pretend Rock Star

from Nick Hensley & the Love Songs for Angry Men Self Titled by Nick Hensley & the Love Songs for Angry Men

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i travel around from town to town

i’ll play anywhere and i’d like to think i got my own sound



and i travel light, i see all the sights

sometimes i drink all day but mostly at night



and i’m gettin’ old, too old for the road

they say i shoulda quit, when i was bought and i was sold



but i get in my car, still hit the next bar

‘cause this is my life …i’m a pretend rock star



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i dropped outta school, what a rock n roll fool

to trade his whole life, for an old bar stool



it seemed like a lot to wage, but at least now i’m on stage

instead of dying everyday in a midnight shift cage



and i may never be on top, if this record’s a flop

i may never be justified, in this here world of pop



and i may not get far, playin’ these old bars

that i call home ...’cause i’m a pretend rock star



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i met a few girls; blondes, red heads one with curls

legs they wrap round your head and then your whole god dam world



so when i met you, brunette and new

i honestly tried not to fall in love with you



but i was gettin’ old and my bed was gettin’ cold

just don’t ever ask me to quit was the only thing you were told



but you didn’t hear a thing, as i slipped on the ring

you’ll be the rock n roll queen …and i’ll be the pretend rock king



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so love conquered all ‘til the big wigs gave me the call

‘cause when you chart at 87 you gotta tour in the fall



so we made up our minds over smokes and cheap wine

she stayed to keep hers, i left to get mine



so i’m back on the road, just a couple records sold

but at night i lay awake in my motel room and dream of records made of gold



oh you travel so far, 18 weeks, 80 bars

but this is my life …and i'm a pretend rock star

credits

from Nick Hensley & the Love Songs for Angry Men Self Titled, released January 1, 2009
Nick Salisbury ~ Bass and 6-String Bass Guitar, Jordan Carlson ~ Drums

Joe Carey ~ Acoustic and Electric Guitars, Nick Hensley ~ Vocals and Acoustic Guitar

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