It started out when the boys hooked up in high school They made it real with a drunken weekend jam Didn't take long til the boys got good Shakin it and wakin up the neighborhood The newest, hippest, rockinest garage band But when they hit the road to L.A. They didn't know the dues you pay When somebody ask who are they This is what the boys would say We're the leanest, and the meanest, We're on our way to L.A. We're the latest, and the greatest, We're gonna blow 'em away When we're up on stage, it's the latest craze So all the girls say We're the leanest, meanest, rock machinist in the U.S.A. Been so long since the boys been gone away Haven't heard a word and I wonder every day But when I turned on the radio I could name that tune in just one note Close my eyes and I could hear them say We're the leanest, and the meanest, We're on our way to L.A. We're the latest, and the greatest, We're gonna blow 'em away When we're up on stage, it's the latest craze So all the girls say We're the leanest, meanest, rock machinist in the U.S.A.