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I Used To Be Famous


Jim Colyer

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I'm Chuck Barris
I did the Gong Show
Who I am now
Nobody knows
I'm Dan Quayle
Vice-president
Now I'm forgotten
Money all spent

I Used To Be Famous
Used to be somebody
I used to be known
Now I'm nobody
I Used To Be Famous
Important too
Carried some weight
Now I'm like you

I'm Brigitte Bardot
I made heads turn
Now I'm ugly
Live and learn
I'm Barry Gibb
Last of the Bee Gees
Only a few
Remember me

I Used To Be Famous
Used to be somebody
I used to be known
Now I'm nobody
I Used To Be Famous
Important too
Carried some weight
Now I'm like you

You know me
I'm Kirk Douglas
Come December
I'll be a hundred

I Used To Be Famous
Used to be somebody
I used to be known
Now I'm nobody
I Used To Be Famous
Important too
Carried some weight
Now I'm like you

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