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First Five Years
Bill Pekar

People say I got no ambition*

Instead of workin' I like to go fishin

I wonder what they'd say if they could see me

Workin' on this tune


For the first five years I been hangin' around

Tryin' to get the feel of that jukebox sound

One of these songs I'm writin's gonna be a hit

Livin' in hotels and pick-up trucks

One of these songs is worth a million bucks

If only I could be discovered, here I sit


Little blue notebooks and yellow pads

Every page filled with a thought I had


I wrote 'em all down saved them for my songs

Now wall to wall and door to door

It's hard to find your way across that hotel floor

But I know where every last word and verse belongs


For the first five years I been hangin' around

Tryin' to get the feel of that jukebox sound

One of these songs I'm writin's gonna be a hit

Livin' in hotels and pick-up trucks

One of these songs is worth a million bucks

If only I could be discovered, here I sit


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