Japanese Exchange Student

I might as well be a Japanese exchange student

Because people wanna know me right when I show up

But then the thrill wears off, and then I'm alone

Until Beyonce rolls through town and they think that

I can call and score them a ticket - when I can't



Because I don't know her, like you don't know me

It's a lonely world when it's all that you see

It doesn't matter if I got a good heart in me

And this gets lonely



I might as well be a Japanese exchange student

Because people wanna know me right when I show up

But then the thrill wears off, and then I'm alone

Until Paul McCartney rolls through town and they think that

I can get them in on the guest list - when I can't



Because I don't know him, like you don't know me

It's a lonely thing when it's all that you see

It doesn't matter if I got a good heart in me

And this gets lonely



Last year I got the cover and my phone wouldn't

Stop ringing and ringing

They called more than my mother, and that is saying something

Well, lately it's been quiet and my phone just picks up dust calls

"It's all about who you know"

But you don't really have to know anyone



So be nice to the Japanese exchange students

Because people wanna know them right when they show up

You may have found yourself in a similar place

Where you found you looked around

And just saw loads of empty space

And you were thinking how

You don't know them, like they don't know you

And it's a lonely feeling after all that you do

Got a good heart, got a good soul...

What must I do to prove it anymore?

I got friends in high and low places and it's all the same to me



I love the Japanese, I love the Japanese

Those from Japan and overseas

I love the Japanese, do you love the Japanese?

Those from Japan and overseas

Those from Japan and overseas, like me