I stand here waiting for you to bang the gong
to crash the critics saying
Is it right or is it wrong?
If only Fame had an IV
Baby could I bear,
being away from you I found the vein, put it in here
I live for the Applause, Applause, Applause
I live for the Applause-plause
Live for the Applause-plause
Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me
The applause, applause, applause
Give me the thing that I love
(I'll turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch
(make it real loud)
Give me the thing that I love
(I'll turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch
(make it real loud)
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E
Make it real loud
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E
Make it real loud
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
I've overheard your theories
Nostalgia is for geeks
I guess sir, if you say so
Some of us just like to read
One second I'm a Koons, then suddenly the Koons is me
Pop culture was an art, now art's in pop culture in me
I live for the Applause, Applause, Applause
I live for the Applause-plause
Live for the Applause-plause
Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me
The applause, applause, applause
Give me the thing that I love
(I'll turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch
(make it real loud)
Give me the thing that I love
(I'll turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch
(make it real loud)
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E
Make it real loud
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E
Make it real loud
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
Touch touch
Touch touch now
I live for the Applause, Applause, Applause
I live for the Applause-plause
Live for the Applause-plause
Live for the way that you cheer and scream for me
The applause, applause, applause
Give me the thing that I love
(I'll turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch
(make it real loud)
Give me the thing that I love
(I'll turn the lights on)
Put your hands up, make 'em touch
(make it real loud)
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E
Make it real loud
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
A-P-P-L-A-U-S-E
Make it real loud
Put your hands up, make 'em touch, touch
A- R -T- P- O- P.
