29 years is a long time I'd say 
To have to make a living to find a better way 
Opportunity knocks when it's the last thing you want 
Nobody looks for love in a Chinese restaurant 
Five foot seven and a smile like a beauty queen 
From a movie scene 
Madonna 1983 if you know what I mean 
55 minutes and she lit a cigarette 
Said a thing I'll never forget 

Everybody wants to be famous 
Live out their lives 
In the heat of the sun 
Be someone 
You see a chance and you take it 
Everybody can dance 
Everybody can sing 
Everybody can be 
Famous like me 

I'm done with monotony 
Look where it's gotten me 
Suit jacket and tie with a mortgage 20 feet high 
I coulda been a painter, a Beethoven, a Mozart 
Coulda been a contender instead of attending seminars 
29 years and I still don't know what I want 
Looking for love outside the same Chinese restaurant 
I can still see her climb in the cab and out the rain 
I can see her roll down the window to say 

Everybody wants to be famous 
Live out their lives 
In the heat of the sun 
Be someone 
You see a chance and you take it 
Everybody can dance 
Everybody can sing 
Everybody can be 
Famous like me 

High in the sky 
House in the hills 
Show me where to sign this time I will 
I'm tired of waiting in line 
Waiter bring me the bill 

I want a piece of the action 
I want a slice of the pie 
I want a key to a city 
And a girl with my name on her thigh 
Why, why can't I have those things? 
The things that fame brings 
Even if it ends in 15 minutes 

Everybody wants to be famous 
Live out their lives 
In the heat of the sun 
Be someone 
You see a chance and you take it 
Everybody can dance 
Everybody can sing 
Everybody can be 
Famous like me