Lyrics of
The Cover Of The Rolling Stone

Cover of the Rolling Stone is a song written by Shel Silverstein and recorded by Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show. The song satirizes the idea that being on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine was the pinnacle of success for a rock artist. The lyrics discuss the excesses of the rock n roll lifestyle and the desire to achieve great fame.

Well, we're big rock singers
we've got golden fingers
and we're loved everywhere we go
We sing about beauty and we sing about truth
at ten thousand dollars a show
We take all kind of pills
but the thrill we've never known,
is the thrill that'll gitcha
when you get your picture
on the cover of the Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone
wanna see my picture on the cover (Stone )
wanna buy five copies for my mother (Stone )
wanna see my smilin' face
on the cover of the Rolling Stone

I got a freaky old lady
name o' Cocaine Katy
who embroideries on my jeans,
I got my poor old gray-haired Daddy,
drivin' my limousine
Now it's all designed
but our minds won't really be blown,
like the blow that'll gitcha
when you get your picture
on the cover of the Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone
wanna see my pictures on the cover (Stone )
wanna buy five copies for our mothers (Stone )
wanna see my smilin' face
on the cover of the Rolling Stone


We got a lot of
little teenage, blue-eyed groupies
who do anything we say
We got a genuine Indian guru,
who's teachin' us a better way
We got all the friends
so we never have to be alone,
and we keep gettin' richer,
but we can't get our picture
on the cover of the Rolling Stone

Rolling Stone
wanna see my picture on the cover (Stone )
wanna buy five copies for my mother (Stone )
wanna see my smilin' face
on the cover of the Rolling Stone

On the cover of the Rolling (Stone )
wanna see my picture on the cover (Stone )
wanna buy five copies for my mother (Stone )
wanna see my smilin' face
on the cover of the Rolling Stone