NAME IN LIGHTS By Tom Jensen
When you put it on the poster
The shorter the name
The bigger the print
You’re knee deep in posers
Your name in lights
You hit the bigs, yeah
They say there’s bullets flying down Broadway
But you haven’t yet heard the news…
You just got to have your piece of cake
And now you want to eat it, too
You wanna be the next Bobby Dylan
Oh, today it’s Johnny Cash
I could tell by your cool sun glasses
Looks like you lost your funny hat
You say your sound’s original
I’ve never heard nothing quite like that
Well I’ve been around a long time my boy
And I’ve got just one question that I’d like to ask…
You’re knee deep in posers
Your name in lights
You hit the bigs, yeah
But what happens when you’re exposed
By both the paparazzi
And the pigs…oh!
Will you still say:
You love your life with all the stuff
You got because of what you said and did?
Or will you finally
See the light and make right
For all the crimes that you commit?
When you put it on the poster
The shorter the name
The bigger the print
You’re knee deep in posers
Your name in lights
You hit the bigs, yeah
They say there’s bullets flying down Broadway
But you haven’t yet heard the news…
You just got to have your piece of cake
And now you want to eat it, too