Show Ya

I heard my first Van Halen record when I was six years old

I knew right then and there I had to Rock & Roll

I started playing air guitar when I was about 9

And strumming any old thing that I could find

A tennis racket, a hockey stick

The kitchen broom, a frying pan, anything to get my kicks

One day at school the teacher had a talent show

I knew deep in my heart that I would have to go

I played my air guitar in front of the whole class

To my dismay the boys and girls started to laugh

And it hurt me and they cursed me

I was a target to the bully

In the yard they started to push me

And I took it and I shook it

Again, again and again

And again and again

I finally put my hands on the real thing when I was thirteen

It was the most beautiful thing I'd ever seen

Locked myself in my room every night and day

Pickin' those silver strings I knew I'd found my way

Yeah I played it, yeah I faked it

'Till I made it

Again and again and again

Yeah I showed 'em!

I was playing night clubs by the time I hit sixteen

I thought it was the greatest thing I'd ever seen

There were people dancing everywhere and women all around

I was hanging out with the coolest kids in town

I showed 'em!

Yeah I showed 'em!

Again and again and again

Years went by and one day I met the record man

He told me « Son for you I have a real good plan

I'll make you a star, have a cigar, soon you'll drive a Jaguar

Just sign right here, leave it to me I'll handle your career »

And he wooed me, and he got me

Yeah he made me, then he screwed me

And I fell for it as long as I could play and I did!

Again and again and again and again!

These days you'll find me touring in my beat up car

And coming to your town to play my old guitar

A festival, a dive, a wedding or a wake

When you need the money, man, you take anything that you can take

But don't get me wrong, there's one thing I know

I'm still having fun up here putting on a show

Let me show ya

How much I love to put on a show for ya

Again and again and again

Just let me show ya

Let me show ya

How much I love to put on a show for ya!