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john wesley harding - top of the bottom (live) lyrics

[verse 1]
i started playing guitar by the town memorial
all my songs were singing editorials
and when i’d done the sermon on the mount
i counted my change, put it in my bank account
i didn’t like the look of the local abattoir
so i left home, expanded my repertoire
i did some gigs, no one booed
i got free beer and i drank it with gratitude
once i started, i couldn’t stop
[refrain]
that’s how i got from the bottom to the top

[verse 2]
well, a businessman with a very young dolly bird
talked through the set, liked what he thought he heard
dropped some names he claimed to represent
and asked me if i had any management
two weeks later, i’m signing on a dotted line
offered some drugs, at first i declined
lots of parties where the spread’s incredible
but don’t get close, man, the food’s inedible
i became a spinning top

[chorus]
and that’s how i got from the bottom to the top

[verse 3]
i got a sweet deal and i moved to america
i fell in love with an heiress called erica
started out smart, soon got silly
a party by the pool and an arrest for necrophilia
news travels fast like electricity
a bad mugshot, it’s good publicity
i laid low for a month or two
and spent my dough building a recording studio
and that’s when it all went pop
[refrain]
and that’s how i got from the bottom to the top of the bottom

[verse 4]
my label and payola got me in the charts
my new management had me by the private parts
went on strike, took the initiative
forgetting that i didn’t have a single chip to bargain with
i lost my nerve, my fall was glorious
the lawsuit was eternal and laborious
my new material was only fair+to+middling
rome was burning and i did some fiddling
finally, i was dropped

[refrain]
and that’s how i got from the bottom to the top of the bottom

[verse 5]
well, on the way down, people tend to leave you where you fall
i tried to stand up but i didn’t have the wherewithal
i nearly died in a cab one day
so i swapped my bourbon for a bottle full of perrier
there were rumours about my s+xuality
video star, k!lled by reality
next thing i know, i’m on my knees
i’m begging the camera, will you vote me off the island please?
but the world forgives a flop
[refrain]
that’s how i got from the bottom to the top of the bottom

[verse 6]
well, all that exposure and the phones start to ring again
i experience the strange urge to sing again
not long ago, i was a boy with a dream
i reacquaint myself with a razor and some shaving cream
look at me, i’m ripe for rediscovery
all i need is mary to mother me
on the tenth green, i was way over par
my partner offered me a tour in jesus christ superstar
and that’s when the penny dropped

[refrain]
that’s how i got from the bottom to the top of the bottom

[verse 7]
well, we toured all over the states of america
i got a picture of my son from erica
my parents wrote, “since you disappeared
hard to believe, but it’s just been one year”
now it’s back to ale and cakes again
i wonder if i’ll make the same mistakes again
i hope that you’ve enjoyed this tutorial
there’s another young man playing the memorial
i’m getting bored of talking shop

[refrain]
that’s how i got from the bottom to the top of the bottom
to the top of the bottom
to the top of the bottom

- john wesley harding lyrics

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