Here's a satirical song about a record company giving you deal because they like what you have, but change everything about you and make you sound like everybody else to sell albums...
It's a sad song really
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Story behind the song
I wrote this song about my own struggles trying to make it in the music business the last twenty years...a lot of it is fiction, I kind of just closed my eyes and imagined what it would be like....
Lyrics
Hey mom, I'm on the radio
The last few years I've been changin' my tune
I was just invited to play the late, late show
But it feels like I'm in somebody else's shoes
I'm an Overnight Success
And it only took me twenty years
Look at the way they have me dressed
And the way they've done my hair
I'm an overnight success
Am I too old for this?
Don't worry, I'll look over my shoulder
You're too concerned about me getting used
Back home I was never too popular
But now I've got friends coming out of the blue
I'm an overnight success
And it only took me twenty years
Look at the way they have me dressed
And the way they've done my hair
I'm an overnight success
Am I too old for this?
I worked my fingers to the bone
Spent half my life trying to get a sound of my own
But they tell me they think they know better
You've got to sound a little more like Vedder
Or at least someone who sounds an awful lot like him
Boy, if you're going to make it in this scene
Don't play so clean
Think the the color green
If you expect for me to drop another dime
into this pop machine
Hey mom, I'm on the road again
I'm calling just to let you know I'm doing fine
Sorry, but I can't make the holidays
'Cause once again I was told to sign on the dotted line
I'm an overnight success
And it only took me twenty years
Look at the way they have me dressed
And the way they've done my hair
I'm an overnight success
Am I too old for this?
Am I too old to be an overnight success?
Hey mom, I'm on the radio...