Japanese Exchange Student - The Rocket Summer

I might as well be a Japanese exchange student

'Cause people wanna know me right when I show up

But then the thrill wears off and then I’m alone

Until Beyonce rolls through town and I think

That I can call and score a ticket when I can’t

'Cause I don’t know her like you don’t know me

It’s a lonely world when it’s all that you see

It doesn’t matter if I got a good heart in me

This gets lonely

I might as well be a Japanese exchange student

'Cause people wanna know me right when I show up

But then the thrill wears off and then I’m alone

Until Paul McCartney rolls through town

And I think that I can get in on the guest list, when I can’t

'Cause I don’t know him like you don’t know me

It’s a lonely thing when it’s all that you see

It doesn’t matter if I got a good heart in me

This gets lonely

Last year I got the cover, my phone wouldn’t stop ringing and ringing

They called in on my mother and that is saying something

Well, maybe it’s been quiet, my phone just picks up dust

'Cause it’s all about who you know and not about if you really know anyone

So, hey, be nice to the Japanese exchange students

'Cause people wanna know them right when they show up

And they have found yourself in a similar place

Where you found you looked around and just saw loads of empty space

And you were thinking how

You don’t know them like they don’t know you

It’s a lonely feeling after all that you do

Got a good heart, got a good soul, what must I do to prove it anymore

I got friends in high and low places and it’s all the same to me

I love the Japanese, I love the Japanese

Those from Japan and overseas

I love the Japanese, do you love the Japanese?

Those from Japan and overseas

Those from Japan and overseas like me