Well everybody sees me being a blinin' country rok star Drivin' downtown poundin' honky tonk sounds in my bandit car They didn't know me back then '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 a payin' my dues, and now Everybody wants to be me But the don't wabt to bruise and they Don't want to bleed Want to spend all the money, hung 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 Well there's a camera ub ny face nearly everyday Anbd 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 tge top of your game When the phone's always ringin' and they're droppin' names But the second that you start to fall Hey nobody cares and nobody calls, but Everybody wants to be me But the don't wabt to bruise and they Don't want to bleed Want to spend all the money, hung 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 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 monry, hug up all the honeys Try to get their fortune for free Everybody wants to be me But the don't wabt to bruise and they Don't want to bleed Want to spend all the money, hung 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 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