10,000 BANDS
( Dufay )


Don't wanna sing about dreams
Or star struck plights
Rock and roll memories
And those burnt out nights
Swallowing splinters of life
And coughing up fear


Then I hear my strung out Stratocaster blues away
Yeah


I played guitar
In ten thousand bands
With nothing to show
But bloodied hands
I played my leads
Screaming high and loud
I've been fuzzed and phased
And echoed and synthesized
Ten thousand bands and me
Ten thousand bands and me


Just wanna sing a little sing song
And I'll have some fun
But my fine fretted friends in my band
They're turning on me
They say stick to pop
It's gonna take me to the top ten
With a bullet


Then I hear my strung out Stratocaster
Blues away... yeah


I played guitar
In ten thousand bands
With nothing to show
But bloodied hands
I played my leads
Screaming high and loud
I've been fuzzed and phased
And echoed and synthesized
Ten thousand bands and me
Ten thousand bands and me


My eyes too open
Too vulnerable
Too full of chemicals
And a lotta... lotta booze
With the three J's gone
They've left an open book
If I could read between the lines
Then I could surely make the grade