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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 = | | 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) | ||
}} | }} | ||
"'''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]]''. | |||
==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]]''|}} | |||
{{Known recordings footer}} | |||
==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 | 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 | And I will give my very best | ||
Until the day I die | |||
Alright, okay | 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 | 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 | And I think that I just might teach | ||
The world to sing along | |||
Alright, okay | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | |||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
==See also== | |||
==See | |||
* [[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]] | |||