The New Dylan

Oh you are such lucky people
Watching me upon the stage
Don’t you know I’m the next big thing?
Don’t you know I’m all the rage?

The papers write at length about me
My picture’s everywhere you look
Have you bought my latest record?
Have you bought my lyric book?

And if I strum my acoustic guitar
And blow in my harmonica
Will you believe me when I say
I’m the new Dylan
The new Dylan today?

I’ve got my finger on the pulse
My genius is beyond doubt
You might get to see me on my next tour
Though most of the dates have already sold out

Tomorrow I’m doing Top Of The Pops
And then the Russell Harty show
Then I’m flying back to Beverley Hills
I’m living out there now, you know

I voted Tory at the last election
Coz I thought Maggie deserved the chance
To reduce my crippling taxes
And put more money in my bank

And if I strum my acoustic guitar
And blow in my harmonica
Will you believe me when I say
I’m the new Dylan
The new Dylan today?

I’ll sing about life out on the street
And how you’ve got to pay your dues
I’ll tell you about the time I was starving
The holes in my pockets and the holes in my shoes

Of course, it’s all dreamed up by ad men
But there’s some fools who’ll always fall
And if you actually buy this crap
Then you’re the biggest fool of all

But if I strum my acoustic guitar
And blow in my harmonica
Will you believe me when I say
I’m the new Dylan
The new Dylan today?