| Well, everybody sees me bein' a blinin' country rock star |
| Drivin' downtown, poundin' honky tonk sounds in my bandit car |
| They didn’t know me back in '92, with my pawn shop guitar |
| And the holes in my boots, didn’t see what I had to go through |
| All the beatin’s I took, just to payin' my dues and now |
| Everybody wants to be me |
| But the don’t want to bruise and they don’t want to bleed |
| Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys |
| And try to get their fortune for free |
| Don’t want to do what it takes to be what they want to be Now but everybody wants, everybody want to be me, yes, they do Well, there’s a camera in my face nearly everyday |
| And I just got to grin |
| They take my country boy views, make it big city news |
| And I just take it on the chin |
| 'Cause when you’re playin' at the top of your game |
| Well, the phone’s always ringin' and they’re droppin' your name |
| But the second that you start to fall |
| Hey, nobody cares and nobody calls |
| But everybody wants to be me |
| But the don’t want to bruise and they don’t want to bleed |
| Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys |
| And try to get their fortune for free |
| Don’t want to do what it takes to be what they want to be Now but everybody wants to, everybody want to be me |
| Well, everybody wants to be me |
| But they don’t want to bruise and they don’t want to bleed |
| Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys |
| Try to get their fortune for free |
| Everybody wants to be me |
| But the don’t want to bruise, they don’t want to bleed |
| Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys |
| Try to get their fortune for free |
| Don’t want to do what it takes to be what they want to be Now but everybody wants, everybody wants, everybody wants |
| I said everybody wants, everybody wants to be me |
| Yeah, they want to be me, yes they do Everybody wants to be me |