Overnight Success (Performed by Jim Matt)
Singer Songwriter, real music
Singer/Songwriter
Lyrics
Performed by Jim Matt
Some say I've made the big time
Heard that on a TV Show
Got one or two hit records
One I'm sure you know
Some might say it came easy
But just like all the rest
I gave at least the last 10 years
For overnight success.
chorus
Dues don't get paid overnight
Will the fame last is just a guess
It may break your will, your heart that's right
This overnight success
If Lady Luck smiles and you
Work your fingers to the bone
It may take a little help to make
Stumblin' blocks into steppin' stones
There's a lot of stars in Nashville tonight
The ones they call the best
Who gave at least half their lives
For overnight success
Like the writers of this song
They filled a thousand books no less
With hooks and sinkers, right or wrong
For overnight success
You may not agree
Still critics will suggest
Fame within a century
Is overnight success.
(Alternate closing verse)
So you walk off another stage
You pray for a little rest
And you smile each time a headline reads,
Overnight Success.
