Scraped up knees (from eating the pavement)
Crooked teeth (covered in braces)
Just fifteen, I never had a chance
(Watching My Chemical Romance)
Gelled up hair (sharp as a toothpick)
Cargo pants (pockets are useless)
First Act Strat (I got it for Christmas)
(It sounds like trash, just the way I like it)

I can't play but I'm starting a band
I can't sing but I'm starting a band
I can't drive but I'm starting a band
I don't know why but I'm starting a band

Got no money but I'm starting a band
I only know four chords but I'm starting a band
I've got no friends, wanna be in my band?
Never been to a show but I'm starting a band

We got the gig (at the dive bar downtown)
Singer just quit (I guess that's me now)
I can't hold a tune, and I don't know what to do
So I stepped out and just started screaming
Our x-ed out hands just playing a Gsus
The sound guy looks like he hates our guts
The lights are too bright, the drums are too loud
And I know I'm hooked

I can't play but I'm starting a band
I can't sing but I'm starting a band
I can't drive but I'm starting a band
I don't know why but I'm starting a band

Dropped out of school 'cause we're gonna make it big
And now I'm going on tour, and I'm living in the van
I'm falling apart, living off beef sticks and Pop-Tarts
I guess that's the way every good story starts

(You'll never get a job) I'm starting a band
(You gotta go to college) I'm starting a band
(You gotta pay the rent) I'm starting a band
(You're never gonna make it)
I don't wanna make it, I just wanna
Yeah
I'm starting a band
I'm starting a band
I'm starting a band
I don't know why but I'm starting a band