Every time my parents were gone   They'd hire this babysitter named Dawn   I'd stay up late, watch MTV   It opened up a whole new world to me   She always used to say that every Friday   The whole high school would go, let's go!   Over to the school's gymnasium to bask in the rock & roll   There were mullets, heshers, skaters, jocks   New wave band geek brains   They'd all get together and dance forever   'Cause the music made them the same      Save the last dance for me   Before I pull the plug would you set me free   My life sucks, it's not the one I see on MTV, yeah      I grew up, Dawn got knocked up, and MTV got huge   By the time it was my turn to rock & roll   I realized we were used   'Cause the fable on the cable made it able for the label   To turn the table on the music scene   When you're just 13 what the hell's that mean   How are you supposed to know   Mullets, heshers, skaters, jocks   Punk rock kids with chains   They couldn't stay together and dance forever   Money made the music change      Save the last dance for me   Before I pull the plug would you set me free   My life sucks, it's not the one I see on MTV      It was the old rock & roll under brand new control   And a holy war was waged   But the billions of civilians they forgot who were the villains   And the underdog died on stage      I want my MTV, yeah! yeah!   But it don't want me   I want my MTV   But it don't want me, yeah!      Save the last dance for me   Before I fall apart would set me free   I still know the way that we could   Save the last dance for me   Before I pull the plug would you set me free   The real world sucks, it's not the one I see on MTV   The one I see on MTV, yeah