Released: May 7, 1976
Songwriter: Michael Allison Peter Sills
Producer: Bruce Welch
The record man said'Don't let it go to your head,I'm gonna make you a star'
If you've got it,use it,but don't abuse it,gave me money from an old fruit jar
To exercise my delight,I went out that night and shook the town the way I knew how
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Six months later I'm a cool operator,and I know my way around
The record man sighed,he really tried,but he couldn't get it off the ground
But that don't bother me now cos I've got a friend who's gotta friend who really knows how
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on, still hanging on,hang on
I met this real live walking,self-styled,self-assured,slow talking bore
I thought I'd play him along,give him a song,to keep the doom dust away from my door
But I didn't do what he wanted me to,but it didn't seem to matter somehow
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on, still hanging on,hang on
Six months later I'm a part time waiter,but that didn't last long
I stretched and squeezed at words I'd never heard to write a song
And when it finally came,it sounded the same as a tune I'd heard before somehow
But mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on, still hanging on
If you've got it,use it,but don't abuse it,gave me money from an old fruit jar
To exercise my delight,I went out that night and shook the town the way I knew how
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Six months later I'm a cool operator,and I know my way around
The record man sighed,he really tried,but he couldn't get it off the ground
But that don't bother me now cos I've got a friend who's gotta friend who really knows how
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on, still hanging on,hang on
I met this real live walking,self-styled,self-assured,slow talking bore
I thought I'd play him along,give him a song,to keep the doom dust away from my door
But I didn't do what he wanted me to,but it didn't seem to matter somehow
So mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on, still hanging on,hang on
Six months later I'm a part time waiter,but that didn't last long
I stretched and squeezed at words I'd never heard to write a song
And when it finally came,it sounded the same as a tune I'd heard before somehow
But mama please don't worry about me,I'm nearly famous now
Still hanging on, still hanging on
I’m Nearly Famous
- You’ve Got to Give Me All Your Lovin’
- (Wouldn’t You Know It) Got Myself a Girl
- Honky Tonk Angel
- You’re the One
- It’s Only Me You’ve Left Behind
- Alright, It’s Alright
- Devil Woman
- I Wish You’d Change Your Mind
- It’s No Use Pretending
- I’m Nearly Famous
- Love On (Shine On)
- Such Is the Mystery
- I Can’t Ask for Anymore Than You
- Junior Cowboy
- If You Walked Away
- Miss You Nights
- Lovers
- Love Enough
- I’m Nearly Famous (1976)
- 1970s (1998)
- Congratulations
- Devil Woman
- Visions
- We Don’t Talk Anymore
- Ocean Deep
- Shine, Jesus, Shine
- Constantly
- Mistletoe & Wine
- Spider Man
- Power to All Our Friends
- With A Girl Like You
- Ich träume deine träume
- Daddy’s Home
- Every Face Tells a Story (It Never Tells a Lie)
- Little Bitty Pretty One
- Blueberry Hill
- I Wish We’d All Been Ready
- In the Country
- When the Girl in Your Arms Is the Girl in Your Heart
- Better Than I Know Myself
- All I Ask of You
- Peace in Our Time
- Thief in the Night
- Shout