Big Star Lyrics

I'm flat-busted
Wild-eyed and free
I couldn't get arrested if I tried
A has-been at a mere thirty-five

Straight, honest, forthright and true
Great expectations for someone
Doesn't anybody know how to have fun

But I'm 
CHORUS:
gonna be a Big Star
I'm gonna be a Big Star someday
I'm gonna be a Big Star someday
Grape's bitter
I'm no quitter
Revolutions come one by one
Seems it's high noon and I ain't got no gun

But it's so hard
So hard
So hard getting by

CHORUS

Fine bourbon, Cuban cigars
Rude remarks observed at the C.C. Bar
I'm perfecting the finest art of wasting hours

But I'm
CHORUS
I'm gonna be a Big Star
I'm gonna be a Big Star someday

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