Cover of the Rolling Stone
Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show Lyrics

Oh, we're big rock singers.
We are prominent musicians who play rock music.

We got golden fingers.
We are skilled musicians who can play instruments exceptionally well.

And we're loved everywhere we go.
We are widely popular and loved by our fans wherever we go.

We sing about beauty,
Our music speaks of beauty and aesthetically pleasing things.

And we sing about truth
Our music contains themes of truth and honesty.

At ten thousand dollars a show.
We make a lot of money, charging $10,000 per performance.

We take all kinds of pills
We use various types of drugs to achieve different experiences.

To give us all kind of thrills,
We use drugs to get high and feel a sense of excitement and pleasure.

But the thrill we've never known
However, there is a certain thrill we have yet to experience.

Is the thrill that'll getcha
That thrill is the excitement of seeing ourselves on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

When you get your picture
The moment when a photo of oneself appears

On the cover of the Rolling Stone.
On the cover of a prestigious magazine like Rolling Stone.

Rolling Stone...
Singer/s are calling out the magazine's name rhetorically.

Wanna see my picture on the cover.
They really want to see their photo on the front page.

Stone...
Reaffirming the name of the magazine.

Wanna buy five copies for my Mother.
They want to get multiple copies of the magazine for their mother to see.

Stone...
Affirming the name again.

Wanna see my smiling face
Singer/s want their photograph with a happy facial expression

On the cover of the Rolling Stone.
On the front page of Rolling Stone magazine.

I got a freaky old lady
There is a strange, quirky woman in their life

Named Cocaine Katy
She goes by the name 'Cocaine Katy'

Who embroiders all my jeans.
She creates decorative designs on their denim pants.

Got my poor old grey-haired daddy
Their old father with grey hair

Drivin' my limousine.
He is driving their luxurious car, a limousine.

It's all designed to blow our minds,
Everything around them is meant to be mind-blowing and intense.

But our minds won't really get blown
Despite the effort, no experience has managed to truly change them.

Like the blow that'll getcha
Except the feeling of excitement one feels when they see themselves on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

When you get your picture
The moment when a photo of oneself appears

On the cover of the Rolling Stone.
On the cover of a prestigious magazine like Rolling Stone.

We gotta lotta little teenage blue-eyed groupies
They have a large number of young, blonde, female fans.

Who do anything we say.
These fans will do whatever the musicians ask of them.

We got a genuine Indian guru
They have a real spiritual teacher from India.

Who's teaching us a better way.
This guru helps them find a more meaningful path in life.

We got all the friends that money can buy,
They are able to have as many friends as they want because they can afford it.

So we never have to be alone.
They are never lonely because they have all the people they paid to be friends with.

And we keep getting richer,
Their wealth is continually increasing.

But we can't get our picture
Despite their wealth and success, they still cannot achieve the thrill of seeing themselves on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine.

On the cover of the Rolling Stone.
On the cover of a prestigious magazine like Rolling Stone.