you wanna write songs wanna be a singer get on stage show em what you can do you got some way to go yeah yes and you know it so you re gonna spend lots of time in your room where you re gonna play your guitar smoke the tars of india someday gonna be a star soon as what s in you comes out listenin to records the way people play finger pickin blues lickin all of the day when the night comes you gotta try the loom shades drawn and door closed up in your room where you re gonna play your guitar smoke the tars of india someday gonna be a star soon as what s in you comes out well it s finally hit you got it on paper you got it fixed up in your mind when somebody asks you say hey what s shakin you won t have to fake it thanks to the time you spent playing your guitar smokin the tars of india someday gonna be a star soon as what s in you soon as what s in you soon as as soon as soon as what s in you comes out oh yeah well