when i was young i used to turn up the bass and rock out to billie jean and thriller in my basement when michael jackson was a pop sensation every second song on the radio station remember axle telling us to have patience and records sold without any affiliation when william hung and music still had no relation someone tell janet bring back the rhythm nation no gloves no zipper coats no more yellow submarines or kokomos if we could ask luther vandross i bet he d wonder the same can ya tell me what happened to michael jackson and mtv traded music for acting avril lavigne s on the cover of maxim woah woah woah and theres a million other people with a lot on their mind but for me i m not the type to let a good thing die if we could bring the beatles back to rock it one more time we could turn this mess around one beat at a time when i was young i used to turn up my headphones and flip through the pages of the ro oh lling stone used to turn it up to 10 on my drive home with mick jagger singing its only rock n roll no gloves no zipper coats just rock stars eating their filet mignon where did van halen put guitar solos i bet they d wonder the same can ya tell me what happened to michael jackson and mtv traded music for acting avril lavigne s on the cover of maxim woah woah woah can ya tell me what happened to michael jackson and bands reuniting just to get a reaction britney shoulda never covered satisfaction no no woah  and there s a million other people with a lot on their mind but for me i m not the type to let a good thing die if we could bring the beatles back to rock it one more time we could turn this mess around one beat at a time you re killin me softly with this whole mirage and replace the music with hydraulic cars i d trade my first favorite old fashioned guitar if we could retrace the steps we ve made so far can ya tell me what happened to michael jackson and mtv traded music for acting avril lavigne s on the cover of maxim woah woah woah can ya tell me what happened to michael jackson and mtv traded music for acting avril lavigne s on the cover of maxim woah woah woah can ya tell me what happened to michael jackson and bands reuniting just to get a reaction britney shoulda never covered satisfaction no no woah no no woah