(I Never Wanted) to Be a Star

I was seventeen, you were working for Matthew and Son The Beatles met the Queen and I wrote I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah yeah It was like a dream in the star machine and oh no, is it so, is it so I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far I only wanted a little bit of love So I could put a little love in my heart I never wanted to be la de da, go to parties 'avec le bourgeois' I only wanted to sing my song well So I could ring a small bell in your heart Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah I was on the road, sleeping between lorry lights, oh no Stone drunk and cold, headin' into a bad night, yeah yeah Just another bean in the star machine Hi ho, here I go, here I go I never wanted to be a star, buy my mum a Ferrari car I only want to run my own race So I could win a small place in your heart Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah Nature found a way, it picked me up off the dark side, yeah yeah Showed me another day, it made me sing, I think I see the light Not another bean in the star machine Oh no, this time I won't go I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far I only wanted a little bit of love So I could put a little love in my heart