Intro: I was seventeen, you were working for Matthew and Son, The Beatles met the Queen, and I wrote I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah, yeah It was like a dream in the star machine, oh, no, izitso, izitso? I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far I only wanted a little bit of love So I could put a little love in my heart I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to parties 'avec le bourgeois' I only wanted to sing my song well, So I could ring a small bell in your heart Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I was on the road, sleeping between lorry lights, oh no Stone-drunk and cold, heading into a bad night, yeah, yeah Just another bean in the star machine, hi ho, here I go, here I go I never wanted to be a star buy my mum a Ferrari car I only wanted to run my own race, So I could win a small place in your heart Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Nature found a way, it picked me up off the dark side, yeah, yeah Showed me another day, it made me sing 'I think I see the light' Not another bean in the star machine, oh no, this time I won't go I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far I only wanted a little bit of love So I could put a little love in my heart
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