It's Friday night and excitement's high
The kids are standing all in line tonight
They come to see a band who's best
At playing what they know will rest
Quite well with the average kid
Who's paying five at the door
Not even trying to ignore
The fact that they've just heard the song

CHORUS
Five minutes before (on the radio)
Five minutes before (on the radio)
Five minutes before on the radio

The show's sold out again this week
The kids are turned out on the street again
Why do they think the band's so great
When they don't even hesitate
To admit it's just a scheme
For putting bodies on the floor
The kids are screaming more and more
To hear what they've already heard

CHORUS

It's not the lack of originality
That bothers me
It's the mediocrity of kids who'd rather
Hear a human juke box play
When the record sounds better anyway