(M. Knopfler)

Producers: Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman

Album: Break Every Rule (86)



Well I guess I've been a long time

Working in a backline

Trying to make a song fit

When you know it never was mine

Two dollar high-heel shoes and a honky tonk dress

In the rhythm and the soul reviews I had a dream I guess



And I had to beat the stagefright

I had to cry all night

Trying to make a song fit

When you know it never was right

I said - Girl, get up and get out of this mess

You're gonna be an overnight sensation

Gonna be an overnight success



And all through the badlands

Rocking on the bandstands

It's so hard in the barbands

When there's no one there who understands

And Lady Luck will pas you by and she will never say yes

You're gonna be an overnight sensation

Gonna be an overnight success



I used to be a sweet little rock'n'roll singer

Chasing after fortune and fame

What's your story? What's your payola?

Me I'm in the music game



Well I guess I've been a long time

Working in a backline

Trying to make a song fit

When you know it never was mine

What can I tell you, I made a break I guess

And now I'm an overnight sensation

I'm an over overnight success