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{{Infobox song
{{Infobox song
| Name    = Leader Of The Pack
| Name    = Leader Of The Pack
| Cover    =  
| Cover    = Riverscuomo alonex.jpg
| Type    = demo
| Type    = demo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Artist  = Rivers Cuomo
| Album    = Deliverance at Hand!
| Album    = Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years
| Released =  
| Released =  
| Recorded = 2007
| Recorded = 2007
| Length  =  
| Length  = 4:35
| Label    =  
| Label    =  
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
| Writer  = Rivers Cuomo
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| Next track      = "[[Miss Sweeney]]"<br>(8)
| Next track      = "[[Miss Sweeney]]"<br>(8)
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"'''Leader of the Pack'''" is a song by [[Rivers Cuomo]], demoed in early contention for {{PN|Weezer}} ''[[Weezer (The Red Album)|Red Album]]''. Cuomo's demo was released in [[2020]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''.
===Appearances===
*''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]'' (2020)
==Background==
==Background==
 
"Leader of the Pack" was recorded as the seventh track on ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]'', a [[2007]] CD-R demo compilation that [[Rivers Cuomo]] presented to the other members of Weezer for consideration on the band's planned [[Weezer (The Red Album)|sixth album]]. Though the song did not make the cut for ''Red'', the song's lyrics were leaked online in [[2018]], and Cuomo's ''Deliverance at Hand!'' demo was released in [[2020]] as part of the digital compilation ''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''.
A demo that was the 7th track of ''[[Deliverance at Hand!]]''. It has never been released in any form to the public.
==Known recordings==
 
{{Known recordings header}}
{{Known recordings entry|aaffaa|[[Rivers Cuomo]]|Leader of the Pack|07 Leader of the Pack.mp3|[[2007]]||4:35|''[[Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]''|}}
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==Lyrics==
==Lyrics==
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That can pay the bills
That can pay the bills
And I am a kind of winner
And I am a kind of winner
But I'm not that type
But I'm not the type
That the young girls like
That the young girls like
Or your parents ask to dinner
Or your parents ask to dinner
I am just a guy
I am just a guy
I know how to try
I know how to try
I will give my very best until the day I die
And I will give my very best
Until the day I die


Alright, okay, there's nothing left to say
Alright, okay
There's nothing left to say
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the leader of the pack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
Alright, it's cool, there's nothing left to do
Alright, it's cool
There's nothing left to do
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the leader of the pack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
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I may not look strong
I may not look strong
But I can prove you wrong
But I can prove you wrong
I thing that I just might teach the world to sing along
And I think that I just might teach
The world to sing along


Alright, okay, there's nothing left to say
Alright, okay
There's nothing left to say
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the leader of the pack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
Alright, it's cool, there's nothing left to do
Alright, it's cool
There's nothing left to do
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the leader of the pack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
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Me and the boys are rockin' out  
Me and the boys are rockin' out  
Tearin' up the stage
Tearin' up the stage
Every night turn it on
Every night turn we it on
And then we turn the page
And then we turn the page
When we feel the chemistry
When we feel the chemistry
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I'm comin' home
I'm comin' home


Alright, okay, there's nothing left to say
Alright, okay
There's nothing left to say
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the leader of the pack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
Alright, it's cool, there's nothing left to do
Alright, it's cool
There's nothing left to do
I'm the leader of the pack
I'm the leader of the pack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
And they jump when they hear the whip crack
Alright, alright
Alright, alright
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</poem>
 
==See also==
==See Also==
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
* [[List of Rivers Cuomo songs]]
 
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]][[Category:Songs on Alone X: The Red-Raditude-Hurley Years]]
[[Category: Rivers Cuomo songs]]