Big Fish

© 2001Neal Gladstone

What the hell is going on here?
Don't those people know who I am?
I go down to California
Nobody (down there) gives a damn
No one wants to take my picture
No one wants my autograph
I tell people that I'm famous
They just look a me and laugh
Now my big dream been stepped on
Like a bad line in a love song
I was a big fish in a little pond
Now I'm a minnow in the ocean
I call this guy who owns a night club
I ask what it takes to get us in
I say we’ll play for cheap just to get started
He tells me we have to pay HIM
Everybody wants to make a million
Everybody wants to be a star
Everybody knows somebody’s cousin
Everybody’s cousin plays guitar
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Why would anybody want to live there?
The air is green and smells like old cigars
There’s a million people on the freeways
Who can't find a place to park their cars
There's not a tree on the horizon
Just an endless sea of neon and cement
Good luck finding an apartment
Good luck trying to pay the rent
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We’re just trying to keep our dreams together
We’re just doing the best that we can do
When someone tells you they’ve got all the answers
Chances are they haven’t got a clue
Some people/Sometimes I have to learn the hard way
Sometimes the truth is hard to find
But as I look around this crazy world/I’ve been around awhile/the world and let me tell ya
This little pond looks better all the time
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