Tina Turner Lyrics

Album: Break Every Rule

Overnight Sensation Lyrics

(M. Knopfler) 

Producers: Mark Knopfler and Neil Dorfsman 

Album: Break Every Rule (86) 

 

Well I guess I've been a long time 

Working in a backline 

Trying to make a song fit 

When you know it never was mine 

Two dollar high-heel shoes and a honky tonk dress 

In the rhythm and the soul reviews I had a dream I guess 

 And I had to beat the stagefright 

I had to cry all night 

Trying to make a song fit 

When you know it never was right 

I said - Girl, get up and get out of this mess 

You're gonna be an overnight sensation 

Gonna be an overnight success 

 And all through the badlands 

Rocking on the bandstands 

It's so hard in the barbands 

When there's no one there who understands 

And Lady Luck will pas you by and she will never say yes 

You're gonna be an overnight sensation 

Gonna be an overnight success 

 I used to be a sweet little rock'n'roll singer 

Chasing after fortune and fame 

What's your story? What's your payola? 

Me I'm in the music game 

 Well I guess I've been a long time 

Working in a backline 

Trying to make a song fit 

When you know it never was mine 

What can I tell you, I made a break I guess 

And now I'm an overnight sensation 

I'm an over overnight success