A well known groover, rock 'n' roll user   Wanted to be a star   But he failed the blues and he's back to loser   Playing folk in a country bar      Reggae music didn't seem to satisfy his needs   He couldn't handle modern jazz 'cause they play it in difficult keys   But now he's found a music he can call his own   Some people call it junk, but he don't care, he's found a home      He's the prince of the punks and he's finally made it   Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated   He acts working class but it's all baloney   He's really middle class and he's just a phony   He acts tough but it's just a front, he's the prince of the punks      He's the prince of the punks and he's finally made it   Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated   He tried to be gay, but it didn't pay so he bought a motorbike instead   He failed at funk, so he became a punk   'Cause he thought he'd make a little more bread      He's been through all of the changes   From Rock Opera to Mantovani   Now he wears a Swastika band   And leather boots up past his knees      He's much too old for twenty-eight   But he thinks he's seventeen   He thinks he's a stud   But I think he looks more like a queen      He's the prince of the punks and he's finally made it   Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated   He talks like a Cockney but it's all baloney   He's really middle class and he's just a phony   He acts tough but it's just a front      He's the prince of the punks and he's finally made it   Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated   He acts working class but it's all baloney   He's really middle class and he's just a phony   He acts tough but it's just a front      He's the prince of the punks and he's finally made it   Thinks he looks cool but his act is dated   He acts working class but it's all baloney   He's really middle class and he's just a phony   He acts tough but it's just a front, he's the prince of the punks