Before They Were Famous

He may seem like a regular guy

But there’s something you don’t know:

There’s a secret god of rock and roll

Inside this Average Joe.

He can make a room of peasants dance

And blow the roof off nightly

But he also has to pay the bills

To not appear unsightly.

He’s a part-time rockstar with a full-time job,

An overdriven ax and a name tag (“Bob”).

He’s bohemian, rhapsodic, and his stairway to heaven

Just happens to start at the 7/11.

So next time you go out to purchase a slurpee

Just know that the guy who you pay

Might just be the someone you blast as you’re driving,

A new-age Bon Jovi someday,

And know that berating him ‘cause your burrito

Is stale is annoying and wrong

And he’ll write down your name so when he finds fame

Your behavior will be a hit song.

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