There's a brand new sound that's sweeping the nation
Every mall, every radio station
Kids go crazy to the driving beat
Cars go driving to the crazy street
The girls look tough and the boys look sweet
Dancing to the crazy beat
The name of this sound: alternative
Alternative, alternative
And that's the way I want to live
Alternative, alternative
If you'll turn it on
We'll alternate all night long
Let's dance to an alternative song.
And alternate all night long
Alternative is here to stay
It will never go away
That's another reason why
Alternative will never die
Alternative will never go
Everybody loves it so
And I think it's safe to say
Alternative is here to stay
Some people like to rock
Some people like to roll
And that was cool in days of old
But all the kids where the action is
Got to have alternative
I'm in love with an alternative girl
Alternative girl, alternative girl
She's not like the other alternative girls
Alternative girl, alternative girl
She's pierced and dyed and scarified
She hates Tom Cruise
She loves Anne Rice
We're gonna be an alternative sight
When I take her out on Saturday night
Alternative is something more
Than number 1, 2, 3 and 4
It's 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9
Alternative is doing fine
Alternative is how we live
We believe in alternative
And I think it's safe to say
Alternative is here to stay
Alternative is here to stay
Alternative is here to stay