I'm thinking what I'm doing I'm thinking what I've done I'm thinking 'bout my mother Who never thought I'd come Quite this far from nowhere To hear myself be sung But I still haven't forgotten I used to do it just for fun
When all the ones around me Would wonder if they saw Or heard me singing somewhere Tuning my guitar
Knock once, I got ten minutes And every night's the same Sometimes I wish I wasn't in it When I hear them call my name Same people all around me And I wonder who they are I know they're not my family And they're not my friends by far
They're all the ones around me I wonder who they are They hide behind my curtain And they hope I'll be a star
An' they say, 'Get out and sell them' But selling's not my aim I'm gonna sing the life I'm living And try to ease the pain
Of all the ones around me No matter who you are Tonight you're gonna hold the curtain I'm tuning my guitar
And all the ones around me I wonder who you are You hide behind my curtain And they hope I'll be a star But all the ones around me Who don't know who you are You hide and you look uncertain But you hope I'll be a star
And all the ones, all around me I don't care who you are Tonight you're gonna hold the curtain I'm tuning my guitar
All the ones, all the ones All the ones around me And I don't care who you are Tonight you're gonna hold the curtain I'm tuning my guitar
Oh all the ones Who do you think that you are Tonight you're gonna hold the curtain I'm tuning my guitar
I'd like you to sing with me on this song because it... this is gonna be on an 'Alive at Margie's birthday party' album, and if you don't sing, nobody will believe that anybody was there.