Everybody Wants to Be Famous

Lyrics

[Intro] Yeah, yeah [Verse 1] 29 years is a long time, I'd say To have to make a living, to find a better way Opportunity knocks when it's the last thing you want Nobody looks for love in a Chinese restaurant Five foot seven and a smile like a beauty queen from a movie scene Madonna 1983, if you know what I mean 55 minutes and she lit a cigarette Said a thing I'll never forget [Chorus] Everybody wants to be famous Live out their lives In the heat of the sun Be a someone You see a chance and you take it Everybody can dance Everybody can sing Everybody can be Famous like me [Verse 2] I'm done with monotony, look where it's gotten me Suit jacket and tie with a mortgage 20 feet high I coulda been a painter, a Beethoven, a Mozart Coulda been a contender instead of attending seminars 29 years and I still don't know what I want Looking for love outside the same Chinese restaurant I can still see her climb in the cab and out the rain I can see her roll down the window and say [Chorus] Everybody wants to be famous Live out their lives In the heat of the sun Be a someone You see a chance and you take it Everybody can dance Everybody can sing Everybody can be Famous like me [Bridge] High in the sky House in the Hills Show me where to sign, this time I will I'm tired of waiting in line Waiter, bring me the bill I want a piece of the action I want a slice of the pie I want a key to a city And a girl with my name on her thigh Why, why can't I have those things? The things that fame brings? Even if it ends in 15 minutes [Chorus] Everybody wants to be famous Live out their lives In the heat of the sun Be a someone You see a chance and you take it Everybody can dance Everybody can sing Everybody can be Famous like me [Outro] Yeah, famous like me, yeah Ah, ah, ah, ow Well, come on now Famous like me