to be someone

• to be someone (didn't we have a nice time)
  the jam şarkısı.
  
  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 man 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 now 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 cost me a lot
  
  there's no more drinking when the pub 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
  
  but didn't we have a nice time
  didn't we have a nice time
  wasn't it such a fine time
  
  to be someone must be a wonderful thing.
• the jam'in '78 yılı albümü all mod cons'da yer alan en güçlü bestelerden biri. paul wellerın ünlü^* olmanın handikaplarını değil de parıltılı yanlarını, kendine karşı dürüst olamama endişesini anlattığı, henüz yirmilerinde olan birinin bu tip şeylerden bahsetmesinin kimi kritikleri epey şaşırttığı; "fire & skill - the songs of the jam" adlı tribute the jam albümünde noel gallagher tarafından da gayet iyi coverlanan acayip güzel şarkı. [bu parçayla açılan bir aşırı doz da asla kötü olmaz zaten dedirten de bir parçadır ayrıca!]
• oasis'in 1998 chicago konserinde soyledigi versiyonu da gayet guzeldir