Everybody Wants To Be Me Lyrics - Son Of A Preacher Man - John Rich

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