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To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have A Nice Time)

This version of To Be Someone (Didn’T We Have A Nice Time) was released by The Jam in 1978.

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To be someone must be a wonderful thing
A famous footballer a rock singer
Or a big film star, yes I think I would like that

To be rich and have lots of fans
Have lots of girls to prove that I’m a man
And be No. 1 – and liked by everyone

Getting drugged up with my trendy friends
They really dig me and I dig them
And the bread I spend – is like my fame – it’s Quickly diminished

And there’s no more swimming in a guitar shaped Pool
No more reporters at my beck and call
No more cocaine it’s only ground chalk
No more taxis now we’ll have to walk

But didn’t we have a nice time –
Didn’t we have a nice time
Oh wasn’t it such a fine time

I realize I should have stuck to my guns
Instead shit out to be one of the bastard sons
And lose myself – I know it was wrong – but it’s Cost me a lot

And there’s no more drinking after the club shuts down,
I’m out on me arse with the rest of the clowns
It’s really frightening without a bodyguard
So I stay confined to my lonely room

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The lyrics to To Be Someone (Didn’T We Have A Nice Time) are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that The Jam used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to To Be Someone (Didn’T We Have A Nice Time) have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only The Jam and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

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