Rock and Roll

The roar of the crowd

As you stand in a blaze of lights

Raised up on a pedestal

Gazing down from dizzy heights

Go through the routine

Now you've achieved your goal

Rocking their world

Without selling your soul

Hit the highs, audience cajole

Living the dream, it's rock and roll

The shouts from the stands

As the wind and rain pour down

You know they expect

As you concentrate and frown

Go through the routine

As you confidently slot the goal

The game's in your grasp

Time to, finally, take control

Hit the highs, with confidence you stroll

Working the dream, it's rock and roll

Hit stop on the treadmill

To be flung on to the hamster wheel

No time to take breath

No right to high court appeal

Go through the routine

What was your goal?

Can't recall it now

Must have forgotten your soul

Defeated by drab, deafened by droll

It's not a dream, it's rock and roll