Juke Box Hero

Album: 4 (1981)
Charted: 48 26
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  • Standing in the rain, with his head hung low
    Couldn't get a ticket, it was a sold out show
    Heard the roar of the crowd, he could picture the scene
    Put his ear to the wall, then like a distant scream
    He heard one guitar, just blew him away
    He saw stars in his eyes, and the very next day

    Bought a beat up six string, in a secondhand store
    Didn't know how to play it, but he knew for sure
    That one guitar, felt good in his hands
    Didn't take long, to understand
    Just one guitar, slung way down low
    Was a one way ticket, only one way to go
    So he started rockin', ain't never gonna stop
    Gotta keep on rockin', someday gonna make it to the top

    And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
    He's a juke box hero
    He took one guitar (juke box hero, stars in his eyes)
    Juke box hero, (stars in his eyes) he'll come alive tonight

    In a town without a name, in a heavy downpour
    Thought he passed his own shadow, by the backstage door
    Like a trip through the past, to that day in the rain
    And that one guitar, made his whole life change
    Now he needs to keep on rockin', he just can't stop
    Gotta keep on rockin', that boy has got to stay on top

    And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
    He's a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
    Yeah, juke box hero, stars in his eyes
    With that one guitar (stars in his eyes)
    He'll come alive, come alive tonight, woah

    Yeah, he's gotta keep on rockin', just can't stop
    Gotta keep on rockin', that boy has got to stay on top

    And be a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
    He's a juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
    (Just one guitar) juke box hero, got stars in his eyes
    How he's just a juke box hero, aah aah aah
    Juke box (stars) hero, (stars, stars) juke box hero, (stars, stars)
    He's got stars in his eyes, stars in his eyes Writer/s: Louis A. Grammatico, Michael L. Jones
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 7

  • Tom Colby from South BendImagine if you were the person in the rain at the back door. Would it be a dream come true? I know it would be for me.
  • Emma from EnteroHere is the story behind Foreigner’s Jukebox Hero! Amazing
    https://www.facebook.com/boom973Toronto/videos/346514049444729/
  • Zach from Columbus, OhioDrew from Alabama, what the he'll are you talking about, your post was on point and then you gotta dump some Christian propaganda down and that's fine you're Christian, but it has nothing to do with the song. I've never met a non Christian who went to a Christian concert and was 'blown away' with inspirarion. I'm sure it happens but its irrelevant. This song isnt about Christianity, it's just about some regular dude down on his luck but through a guitar he can start to see a better future.
  • Jg from Joppa, MdAnother great Foreigner song.
  • Kimberly from Landing, Njyes , yes, inspiration! shadows showered his mind, talented yes, it just seem to be cloudy inspiration planted at the wrong time.
  • Drew from B\'ham, AlI love the message in this song! Someone down in the dumps, beneath grey downpour clouds that perfectly illustrate the mood of the moment, is soon inspired to take an underdog's way to the top. It's like the inspiration from Jesus Christ: a new spring in each step, stemming from the inspiration from the stage. The dude on the stage blew him away with inspiration! Christian concerts, I've heard, have won folks over & inspired them that same way! Amen, folks!
  • Elizabeth from Longmont, CoI love this song. Great info!
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