Van Morrison
Exile Publishing Ltd / Universal Music Publishing Ltd
Oh fame, theyâ"š¬â"ž¢ve taken everything and twisted it
Oh fame they say
You never could have resisted it
Whatâ"š¬â"ž¢s in a name
And everybodyâ"š¬â"ž¢s jaded by fame
Oh fame again
The press has gone and made another mess of it
Oh just because they got
So much invested in it
But they say youâ"š¬â"ž¢re to blame itâ"š¬â"ž¢s your own fault
â"š¬í‹Å“Cos you got mixed up in fame
Oh no donâ"š¬â"ž¢t believe all that old Andy Warhol guff
It takes a lot more than 10 or 15 minutes
Thatâ"š¬â"ž¢s just not enough
To qualify you for
Fame, you went beyond the boundries of sanity
And every day you defy
All the laws of gravity
You ainâ"š¬â"ž¢t got no shame
â"š¬í‹Å“Cos youâ"š¬â"ž¢re just addicted to fame
Oh no donâ"š¬â"ž¢t you buy none of that old Andy Warhol stuff
It takes a lot more than 10 or 15 minutes
Thatâ"š¬â"ž¢s just not enough
To qualify you for
Fame, theyâ"š¬â"ž¢re already setting up your own Watergate
Oh fame, that stalker out there is just filled with hate
Youâ"š¬â"ž¢ll never be the same
â"š¬í‹Å“Cos everyoneâ"š¬â"ž¢s corrupted by fame
Oh fame, they took away all my humanity
Oh fame got to fight
Every second of the day for my dignity
Itâ"š¬â"ž¢s a spectatorâ"š¬â"ž¢s game
And there ainâ"š¬â"ž¢t nothing fair about fame
Oh fame, oh fame
Oh fame say it again, fame
They say youâ"š¬â"ž¢re to blame
â"š¬í‹Å“Cos you got mixed up in fame