You start in the middle and you're doing fine But there's just too little to keep them satisfied So you try a little harder and you try and try Long way home so you go for a ride I said everybody wants to have it made They don't wanna do nothing but they still get paid So you ride a little further and it starts to change You think that everything is gonna be the same I said it's not all about you You're so cynical and vain And I know you'd rather die than take the blame It's not all about you You're so cynical and vain Yeah I swear you can't get out of your own way Now you made your way up and you light the few But it gets a little foreign and there's nothing to do So you look to the middle but it's nothing new Everybody wants to be the same as you I said everything's gonna be the same And it doesn't matter if they ever knew your name So you better take the money and forget the fame Looking back in the middle and get out of the game I said it's not all about you You're so cynical and vain And I know you'd rather die than take the blame It's not all about you You're so cynical and vain Yeah I swear you can't get out of your own way Yeah I swear you can't get out of your own way It's not all about you You're so cynical and vain And I know you'd rather die than take the blame It's not all about you You're so cynical and vain Yeah I swear you can't get out of your own way So it's down to the bottom and there's nothing to say I think everybody knew that it would be this way It's the same old story and it's such a shame So make yourself a home cause we're here to stay I said everybody wants to have it made And they don't wanna do nothing but they still get paid So you ride a little further and it starts to change You keep thinking that everything is gonna be the same I said it's not all about you You're so cynical and vain And I know you'd rather die than take the blame It's not all about you You're so cynical and vain Yeah I swear you can't get out of your own way