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Cover Of The Rolling Stone
by DR. HOOK & THE MEDICINE SHOW

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    Dr Hook the Medicine Show
    Cover Of The Rolling Stone

    (Shel Silverstein)
    Dr. Hook & The Medicine Show - 1972
    Ha, ha, ha, I don't believe it
    Da, da, ah, ooh, don't touch me
    Hey, Ray!
    Hey, Sugar!
    Tell them who we are .....
    Well, we're big rock singers
    We've got golden fingers
    And we're loved everywhere we go (that sounds like us)
    We sing about beauty and we sing about truth
    For ten-thousand dollars a show (right)
    We take all kinds of pills that give us all kind of thrills
    But the thrill we've never known
    Is the thrill that'll get ya when you get your picture
    On the cover of the Rolling Stone
    (Rolling Stone) Wanna see my picture on the cover
    (Stone)Wanna buy five copies for my mother (yeah)
    (Stone)Wanna see my smilin' face
    On the cover of the Rolling Stone (that's a very, very, good idea)
    I got a freaky ole lady name a cocaine Katy
    Who embroideries on my jeans
    I got my poor old grey haired daddy
    Drivin' my limosine
    Now, it's all designed to blow our minds
    But our minds won't really be blown
    Like the blow that'll get ya when you get your picture
    On the cover of the Rolling Stone
    (Rolling Stone) Wanna see our pictures on the cover
    (Stone) Wanna buy five copies for our mothers (yeah)
    (Stone) Wanna see my smilin' face
    On the cover of the Rolling Stone
    (Hey, I know how, rock and roll!!)

    (Ah, that's beautiful)
    We got a lot of little teenage blue-eyed groupies
    Who do anything we say
    We got a genuine Indian Guru
    Who's teaching us a better way
    We got all the friends that money can buy
    So we never have to be alone
    And we keep getting richer but we can't get our picture
    On the cover of the Rolling Stone
    (Rolling Stone) Wanna see my picture on the cover
    (Stone) Wanna buy five copies for my mother (I want one!)
    (Stone) Wanna see my smilin' face
    On the cover of the Rolling Stone
    On the cover of the Rolling Stone
    (Man, I don't know why we ain't on the cover, Baby)
    (We're beautiful people)
    (I ain't kiddin', why, we would make a beautiful cover
    (Fresh shot, right up front, man)
    (I can see it now, we'll be up on the front)
    (Smilin', man ...... ahh, beautiful!)

    (Shel Silverstein)
    (Hey Ray, hey sugar, tell them who we are)
    Well, we're big rock singers, we got golden fingers and we're loved everywhere we go (That sounds like us)
    We sing about beauty and we sing about truth at ten thousand dollars a show (Right)
    We take all kinds of pills, that give us all kind of thrills but the thrill we've never known
    Is the thrill that'll get you when you get your picture on the cover of The Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone, wanna see my picture on the cover
    Wanna buy five copies for my mother (Yeah!)
    Wanna see my smilin' face, on the cover of The Rolling Stone
    (That's a very very good idea)
    I got a freaky old lady name o' Cocaine Kitty who embroiders on my jeans
    I got my poor ol' grey haired daddy, drivin' my limousine
    Now it's all designed to blow our minds but our minds won't really be blown
    Like the blow that'll getcha when you get your picture on the cover of The Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone, wanna see my picture on the cover
    Wanna buy five copies for my mother (Yeah!)
    Wanna see my smilin' face, on the cover of The Rolling Stone
    (Hey, I know how...)
    (ROCK AND ROLL!)
    (Aww, dats beautiful)
    We got a lot of little teenage blue eyed groupies who'll do anything we say
    We got a genuine Indian guru, who's teachin' us a better way
    We got all the friends, that money can buy, so we'll never have to be alone
    And we keep gettin' richer but we can't get our picture on the cover of The Rolling Stone
    Rolling Stone, wanna see my picture on the cover
    Wanna buy five copies for my mother (I want one!)
    Wanna see my smilin' face, on the cover The Rolling Stone
    On the cover of the
    Rolling Stone, wanna see my picture on the cover (I don't know why we ain't on the cover, baby)
    Gonna buy five copies for my mother (We're beautiful fellows)
    Wanna see my smiling face (I ain't kidding ya)
    On the cover of The Rolling Stone (Ah, we would make a beautiful cover)
    (The first shot, right up front man, I can see it now)
    (We would be on the front smilin' man)
    (Aahhhhh beautiful)
    (c)1973 Tro-Essex Music Ltd.


    From the album The Best Of Shel Silverstein His Words His Songs His Friends


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    SONG MEANING / BACKGROUND INFO
    - This was written by Shel Silverstein, a best-selling author of children's poems who was also a contributor to Playboy magazine and writer of many Country hits, including A Boy Named Sue. His books include Where The Sidewalk Ends, Giraffe and The Giving Tree. Silverstein also wrote Dr. Hook's first hit, "Sylvia's Mother."

    - This is a parody of the Rock and Roll lifestyle. It pokes fun at all the things that Rock Stars indulge in when they're successful - groupies, shady characters hanging around, limo rides, etc.

    - The group made the cover of Rolling Stone magazine on March 29, 1973, 3 months after this was released. The text next to their picture read: "What's Their Names Make The Cover." The song was great publicity for Rolling Stone magazine, which was only 5 years old.

    - Mitch Myers, who is Shel Silverstein's nephew and wrote the book Silverstein Around the World, explains: "I think that he was already hanging with Dr. Hook when he did it, but if he didn't, he had been around musicians, and he understood what people wanted. And he understood how every musician's dream was to be a star. To be a big star. To be on the cover of a big magazine, and what magazine epitomized music? And Shel lampooned the whole rock and roll lifestyle in that - groupies and Indian gurus - at the time. The Beatles and everybody, Donovan, and all those people were wearing Indian garb and going to see Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, and coming back supposedly enlightened - or not. And everybody was still hustling, was all hustle. I'm not saying that anyone was insincere, I'm just saying that you can see people for what they are. And he did that, and made it funny, too.Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show became such prolific interpreters of Shel's material for some reasons which would completely include their sense of humor. They were just a bar band from New Jersey, as much as Columbia Records tried to make them some crazy Cajun band that came out of the swamps. I mean, Ray Sawyer was from the South, maybe one or two of the other guys. But they were just a bar band, and were blessed with two great singers, both Ray and Dennis had fantastic voices. Dennis' was the one that was a little raspier and rougher, and similar to Shel's in grit, and Ray was a little bit more lascivious and a little bit more playful, and the chemistry between the two of them a?? although it did not last forever a?? was a perfect foil for Shel to use. And if it was a sweet love song, you know, Dennis might just do something very straightforward. Like "I Can't Touch The Sun For You" off the first record. And not all their songs were novelty, and not all their songs were humorous, and not all their performances were gimmicky. But they also were not afraid to go over to Europe and perform on stage and get naked. I mean, they were just a bunch of maniacs." (Learn a lot more about Shel Silverstein in our interview with Mitch Myers.)

    - This was featured in the 2000 movie Almost Famous, about a 15-year-old reporter writing an article for Rolling Stone. The band he is writing about sings this when they find out they made the cover. The director, Cameron Crowe, was once a reporter for Rolling Stone.

    - At first, the group's name was Chocolate Papers. The lead singer lost his eye in a crash and had to wear an eye patch, so the lead guitarist renamed them Dr. Hook and the Medicine Show.

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