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Well, everybody sees me bein' a blinin' country rock starDrivin' downtown, poundin' honky tonk sounds in my bandit carThey didn't know me back in '92, with my pawn shop guitarAnd the holes in my boots, didn't see what I had to go throughAll the beatin's I took, just to payin' my dues and nowEverybody wants to be meBut the don't want to bruise and they don't want to bleedWant to spend all the money, hug up all the honeysAnd try to get their fortune for freeDon't want to do what it takes to be what they want to beNow but everybody wants, everybody want to be me, yes, they doWell, there's a camera in my face nearly everydayAnd I just got to grinThey take my country boy views, make it big city newsAnd I just take it on the chin'Cause when you're playin' at the top of your gameWell, the phone's always ringin' and they're droppin' your nameBut the second that you start to fallHey, nobody cares and nobody callsBut everybody wants to be meBut the don't want to bruise and they don't want to bleedWant to spend all the money, hug up all the honeysSongtexteAnd try to get their fortune for freeDon't want to do what it takes to be what they want to beNow but everybody wants to, everybody want to be meWell, everybody wants to be meBut they don't want to bruise and they don't want to bleedWant to spend all the money, hug up all the honeysTry to get their fortune for freeEverybody wants to be meBut the don't want to bruise, they don't want to bleedWant to spend all the money, hug up all the honeysTry to get their fortune for freeDon't want to do what it takes to be what they want to beNow but everybody wants, everybody wants, everybody wantsI said everybody wants, everybody wants to be meYeah, they want to be me, yes they doEverybody wants to be me Aus Songtexte Mania