Original lyrics

EN

I was raised in the ranks, mama, till I was a teen Every day I heard a radio Every night I had the same old dream To sing a song, oh baby To watch my name in lights, oh yeah If you wanna see a dream come true Honey child, you gotta get right down and fight, uh-huh Well, I sailed cross the ocean blue Felt so all alone Many times I thought about goin' right back home But the joy I found in song gave me the will to carry on (chorus) So I say, live your life The way you want to Don't let fools lead you astray Live your dream so you hold on to All you'll need along the way I've paid my dues right here in the land of the free All the time I've learned to sing along I could not speak and I could barely see Still all the while I knew where I was at, oh yeah But the people that believed in me Oh, I could count'em all, in seconds flat, uh-huh Well, someday I would be, I knew it all along A gentleman of leisure, girl, right or wrong And though my dream has come and gone There's plenty more where those came from, uh-huh (repeat chorus 2x)