i might as well be a japanese exchange student because people wanna know me right when i show up but then the thrill wears off and then i m alone until beyonce rolls through town and they think that i can call and score them a ticket when i can t because i don t know her like you don t know me it s a lonely world when it s all that you see it doesn t matter if i got a good heart in me and this gets lonely i might as well be a japanese exchange student because people wanna know me right when i show up but then the thrill wears off and then i m alone until paul mccartney rolls through town and they think that i can get them in on the guest list when i can t because i don t know him like you don t know me it s a lonely thing when it s all that you see it doesn t matter if i got a good heart in me and this gets lonely last year i got the cover and my phone wouldn t stop ringing and ringing they called more than my mother and that is saying something well lately it s been quiet and my phone just picks up dust calls it s all about who you know but you don t really have to know anyone so be nice to the japanese exchange students because people wanna know them right when they show up you may have found yourself in a similar place where you found you looked around and just saw loads of empty space and you were thinking how you don t know them like they don t know you and it s a lonely feeling after all that you do got a good heart got a good soul what must i do to prove it anymore i got friends in high and low places and it s all the same to me i love the japanese i love the japanese those from japan and overseas i love the japanese do you love the japanese those from japan and overseas those from japan and overseas like me