Money, Compliments, Publicity

Intro: A man once said that the pinnacle of success Is when you've finally lost interest In money, compliments, and publicity Emao A noble enough idea, I supposeea Gii. How on earth he does this, heaven only knows I know I need a lot more of all three of those Before I ever have the nerve to turn up my nose At any money, compliments, and publicity I'm broke as the Ten Commandments Sometimes I'm harder to follow I don't know whether to walk to school Or take my lunch, should've worn my watch, it's true You may think you see a man who is looking for attention, But you're looking at a man who has lived Through a little bit of poverty, Some anxiety, some scrutiny If I ever do get my money together, I'm gonna take care of all of my friends Buy an island, run a phone line, call 'em (stop) Tell 'em all to get f**ked Oh! That oughta take care of them Just be me and my money, And my compliments, and my publicity Sing it with me: "money, compliments, and publicity" It's an issue for me, I went to see this therapist She said, "Just do the best you can do" Do the best you can do... Do the best you can do... I was hoping for something more specific A man once said that the pinnacle of success Is when you've finally lost interest In money, compliments, and publicity Many years later, another man would say all that again But not for the sake of inspiring men But rather 'cause he got nine songs And knows he needs at least ten Before he can go back to town and turn 'em all in To get money--you guessed it--compliments, publicity Money, compliments, and publicity Lord, I'm gonna take it to the bank I said money, I love the compliments and the publicity I got so many people to thank I wanna thank Clive Davis I wanna thank the Good Lord up in heaven above And all my fans for my money, my compliments, and my publicity Money, compliments, and publicity Lord, I would bathe in Money, compliments, and publicity Money, compliments, and publicity