Songwriter: Shel Silverstein
Producer: Ron Haffkine
[Intro]
Hey, that's really tight
You know we worked a long time on this
Yeah, hell, it really should be our time
Let's try it again
[Verse 1: Rik Elswit]
Elvis, he's a hero, he's a superstar
And I hear that Paul McCartney drives a Rolls Royce car
And Dylan sings for millions and I just sing for free
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
[Chorus 1: Rik Elswit (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)]
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
Everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
Neil Diamond sings for diamonds and here's ol' rhinestone me
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it big but me)
[Verse 2: Rik Elswit]
Well I hear that Alice Cooper's got a foxy chick
To wipe off his snake, and keep him rich
And Elton John's got two fine ladies and Doctor John's got three
And I'm still seein' them same ol' sleazos that I used to see
[Chorus 2: Rik Elswit (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)]
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, yeah everybody's makin' it)
Yeah everybody's makin' it big but me
(Yeah everybody's makin' it, yeah everybody's makin' it)
Well, I've got charisma, and personality
Oh how come everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it big but me)
[Guitar Solo: Rik Elswit]
Wha-what's wrong with that
(I don't see nothin' wrong with it, Rik)
[Verse 3: Rik Elswit]
Well I paint my face with glitter just like Bowie does
And I wear the same mascara that Mick Jagger does
And I even put some lipstick on
But that just hurt my dad and mom
Everybody's makin' it big but me
[Chorus 3: Rik Elswit (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)]
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
(Everybody's makin' it big)
Yeah, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
(Everybody's makin' it big)
They got groupies for their bands and all I've got is my right hand
And everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it big but me)
[Outro: Billy Francis, Rik Elswit, Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere]
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it, makin' it
Everybody's makin' it big
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it, makin' it
Everybody's makin' it big
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it, makin' it
Everybody's makin' it big
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it big but me
Hey, that's really tight
You know we worked a long time on this
Yeah, hell, it really should be our time
Let's try it again
[Verse 1: Rik Elswit]
Elvis, he's a hero, he's a superstar
And I hear that Paul McCartney drives a Rolls Royce car
And Dylan sings for millions and I just sing for free
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
[Chorus 1: Rik Elswit (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)]
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
Everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
Neil Diamond sings for diamonds and here's ol' rhinestone me
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it big but me)
[Verse 2: Rik Elswit]
Well I hear that Alice Cooper's got a foxy chick
To wipe off his snake, and keep him rich
And Elton John's got two fine ladies and Doctor John's got three
And I'm still seein' them same ol' sleazos that I used to see
[Chorus 2: Rik Elswit (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)]
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, yeah everybody's makin' it)
Yeah everybody's makin' it big but me
(Yeah everybody's makin' it, yeah everybody's makin' it)
Well, I've got charisma, and personality
Oh how come everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it big but me)
[Guitar Solo: Rik Elswit]
Wha-what's wrong with that
(I don't see nothin' wrong with it, Rik)
[Verse 3: Rik Elswit]
Well I paint my face with glitter just like Bowie does
And I wear the same mascara that Mick Jagger does
And I even put some lipstick on
But that just hurt my dad and mom
Everybody's makin' it big but me
[Chorus 3: Rik Elswit (Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere)]
Oh, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
(Everybody's makin' it big)
Yeah, everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it, everybody's makin' it)
(Everybody's makin' it big)
They got groupies for their bands and all I've got is my right hand
And everybody's makin' it big but me
(Everybody's makin' it big but me)
[Outro: Billy Francis, Rik Elswit, Ray Sawyer & Dennis Locorriere]
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it, makin' it
Everybody's makin' it big
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it, makin' it
Everybody's makin' it big
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it, makin' it
Everybody's makin' it big
Everybody's makin' it, makin' it big but me
more tracks from the album
Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook
- Here Comes The Blues Again
- Sweetest of All
- Everybody Loves Me
- I Don’t Feel Much Like Smilin’
- If Not You
- The Ballad of Lucy Jordon
- The Radio
- Lonely Man
- Better Love Next Time
- Stuck on the Wrong Side of Love
- Love Monster
- Jungle to the Zoo
- I Gave Her Comfort
- What About You
- Stagolee
- Everybody’s Making It Big But Me
- You Make My Pants Want To Get Up And Dance
- What Do You Want?
- Clyde
- Making Love and Music
- Levitate
- There’s a Light
- Storms Never Last
- I Never Got to Know Her
- Years From Now
- Sylvia’s Mother
- I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight
- Girls Can Get It
- A Couple More Years
- Pleasure and Pain
- The Millionaire
- I’ve Been Him
- Bread Upon the Water
- I Got Stoned and I Missed It
- Rings of Grass
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Knowing She’s There
- Sleeping Late
- In Over My Head
- You Can’t Take It With You
- Walking My Cat Named Dog
- Lay Too Low Too Long
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Only Sixteen
- I Need the High (But I Can’t Stand the Taste)
- I’m a Lamb
- More Like the Movies
- Cooky and Lila
- Oh! Jesse
- Sharing the Night Together
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Walk Right In
- A Little Bit More
- Baby Makes Her Blue Jeans Talk
- Feels Good
- That Plane
- Sexy Eyes
- The Shadow Knows
- Mountain Mary
- Carry Me, Carrie
From the albums
- Bankrupt (1975)
- Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook (1996)
- Sharing The Night Together: The Best of Dr. Hook (1996)
- Timeless (2014)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- The Ugliest Man In Town
- Chained to Her Memory
- Up on the Mountain
- Bread Upon the Water
- Love You Now
- I’m a Lamb
- More Like the Movies
- The Things I Didn’t Say
- Help Me Mama
- Mountain Mary
- Do You Right Tonight
- The Shadow Knows
- Monterey Jack
- That Plane
- Dooley Jones
- Feels Good
- Last Mornin’