Lyrics to
Success Story

This version of Success Story was released by The Who in 1975.

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Friday night, I’m on my way home
They oughta make work a crime
I’m home for the weekend
I’m gonna make the most of my time
There’s a rock and roll singer on the television
Giving up his music, gonna take up religion
Deserted rock and roll
To try to save his soul

Saturday night, gotta gig with the band
Playing the electric guitar
Someday I’m gonna make it
Gonna be a super-duper-star
Get a flashy car
And a house for my Ma
The big break better happen soon
‘Cause I’m pushing twenty-one

Just like Cinderella
When she couldn’t go to the ball
A voice said, “I’m your fairy manager
You shall play the Carnegie Hall”
I gotta give up my day job
To become a heartthrob
I may go far if I smash my guitar

Away for the weekend
I’ve gotta play some one-night stands
Six for the tax man, and one for the band
Back in the studio to make our latest number one
Take two-hundred-and-seventy-six
You know, this used to be fun

Monday morning, I just got home
Six and the birds are singing
I need a drink and my clothes are wet
Ooh, and my ears are still ringing
There’s a rock and roll singer boppin’ on the TV
He used to be a preacher, but now he sings in a major key
Amended his decision to the new religion

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About Lyrics and Success Story by The Who

The lyrics for Success Story are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by The Who. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Success Story have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Success Story - The Who and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Success Story by The Who in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Success Story" means the words set to the music of Success Story, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by The Who. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Success Story and the lyrics to Success Story are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of The Who who came here looking just for the lyrics to Success Story, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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