If you're gonna make it in the music business today
You gotta go on a game show
Who would've ever believed
You'd end up on a game show
To become a rock n roll star
It started in garages, some were discovered in bars
People made records and drove to radio stations in cars
It started in a region, sometimes spreadout far
Everything changes, now its how you make the charts
Have an audition, better know your parts
One things the same, win the game
The girls will still tear you apart
Game shows and rock and roll
Who would've ever known
Who would've ever known
Game shows and rock n roll
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Would have never been sold
Ok it's not all rock, some country, some pop
Voters call in, or you're on the chopping block
The judges will tell you if you're over the top
But there's something disrespectful, from where I come
But it's a game, would have never won
There's' more than a voice, guitar, and drums
Originality a part of the collective sum
Thank god for the legions, who do it for love
Game shows and rock and roll
Who would've ever known
Who would've ever known
Game shows and rock and roll
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Would have never been sold
No one saw it coming
Not popular mechanics
They talked about the future
Nothing this outlandish
It is what it is, don't spend time getting frantic
Some say they never discover the truly outstanding
The young with old souls, don't watch
Still love Jim Morrison
With his hand down his crotch
You see them in record stores, keeping them alive
Kids buying Led Zeppelin still not old enough to drive
Game shows, game shows
Game shows, game shows
Game shows and rock n roll
Who would've ever known
Who would've ever known
Game shows and rock n roll
Yeah, Yeah, Yeah
Would have never been sold
Game shows and rock n roll
Game shows and rock n roll