I Never Wanted To Be A Star

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I was seventeen, you were working 
for
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Matthew and Son,
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The Beatles met the Queen, and I 
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wrote
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I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah, yeah
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It was like a dream  in the star 
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machine,
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oh, no, izitso, izitso?

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I never wanted to be a star, I never
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to travel far
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I only wanted a little bit of love
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So I could put a little love in my 
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heart
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I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to
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'avec le bourgeois'
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I only wanted to sing my song well,
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So I could ring a small bell in 
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your heart

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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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I was on the road, sleeping 
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between lorry
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lights, oh no
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Stone-drunk and cold, heading 
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into a bad
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night, yeah, yeah
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Just another bean in the star 
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machine, hi ho,
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here I go, here I go

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I never wanted to be a star buy my 
mum a
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Ferrari car
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I only wanted to run my own race,
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So I could win a small place in 
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your heart
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Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

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Nature found a way, it picked me up 
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off the
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dark side, yeah, yeah
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Showed me another day, it made me 
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sing
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'I think I see the light'
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Not another bean in the star 
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machine, oh no,
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this time I won't go

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I never wanted to be a star, I never
 wanted
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to travel far
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I only wanted a little bit of love
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So I could put a little love in my 
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heart