Billy wants to be a rock star, hey hey hey
he dreams about it very night and day, hey hey hey
He loves to be in the limelight, hey hey hey
He's gonna make it someday
Backbeat says, everybody loves him
Everybody, everybody loves him
Backbeat says, this is his passion

Feels so good tonight
Everything is right
The marketing plan is right
And EMI is very, very nice
But Billy is tired

Hey hey hey, hey hey hey
Tammy works at the diner, hey hey hey
She wants to be a movie actor, hey hey hey
She wants to move to the big city
Everybody thinks: she's pretty
Backbeat says, everybody loves her
Everybody, everybody loves her
Backbeat says, this is her passion

Feels so good tonight
Everything is right
The marketing plan is right
And EMI is very, very nice
But Tammy is tired

Some say it's easy
To be Billy, to be Tammy cuz they're stars
But it's a journey
it takes you all around the world

Feels so good tonight
Everything is right
The marketing plan is right
And EMI is very, very nive
But they are all tired. (X2)