But when you're walking down that street,
And you ain't had enough to eat,
The glimmer of life off,
And you're nowhere.
...
But oh, they're dead wrong, I know they are
Cause I can play this here guitar
and I will pretend I'm a st

The story:

Just finally relieved that after listening to the
song for 30 or so years I finally "got it" - I
always knew there was something off about the lyrics
I sang. I blame the pink Japanese-made transistor
radio that was my first very own source of music.
It sounded like somebody sanding a hamster, but I
slept with it at night and loved it so.