Bernie LaBarge: Overnight sensation [lyrics]

Bernie LaBarge: Overnight sensation [lyrics]

Bernie LaBarge

Overnight sensation

I have done my very best

To be better than the rest

And I worked so hard to step above the crowd

So I played the grand hotel

And some not so grand as well

Playin' r'n'b and LSD

The owners say I'm playin' way too loud

Thirteen years of exploitation

To be an overnight sensation

And they got the nerve to say it's not my turn

When they say they just can't use it

I'll turn it up so they can't lose it

Ringin' in their ears till they start to burn

I forget how many bands

Or how many clapping hands

But it all comes back when I look in the mirror

And they ask "Where is he from?"

I'm from earth like everyone

And like everyone, I'm trying to find

The way to make my goal in life get nearer

Thirteen years of exploitation

To be an overnight sensation

And they got the nerve to say it's not my turn

When they say they just can't use it

I'll turn it up so they can't lose it

Ringin' in their ears till they start to burn