Songwriter: Michael Jackson
Producer: Michael Jackson
[Verse 1]
I took my baby on a riverboat cruise
And she was well aware
I was excited 'bout the way that things could've been
She said that I don't care
I wore a face no one could recognize, in disguise
Someone called out my name
They thought of takin' pictures, autographs, then they grabbed
My joy had turned to pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
If you're reachin' for fortune and fame
I feel the pressure settin' in, I'm livin' just to win
I'm done in my pain, don't be feelin' your pain
[Chorus]
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
So don't be feelin' your pain
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
[Verse 2]
I am a cover of a magazine, what a scene
They know my every move
"Just sign your name on the dotted line, you'll be fine"
That always bothers me
Get in your car, you want to take a ride, look behind
Someone is followin' you
You try to get away, you turn 'round fast, but too bad
They know your every move
[Pre-Chorus]
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
If you're reachin' for fortune and fame
And I feel the pressure settin' in, I'm livin' just to win
I'm feelin' all this pain, don't you ever complain
[Chorus]
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
It's the price of fame, you pay the price for fame
So don't be feelin' your pain
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
My father never lies (The price of fame)
My father never lies
My father never lies (The price of fame)
So don't be feelin' this way, boy
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
I like to take some time and get away, then they say
Is that boy still alive?
The weak that really start takin' pills, what a thrill
Only the strong survive
[Pre-Chorus]
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
They start to wonderin' where have you been?
I feel the envious look at me
Their mistaken jealousy
Well then stand here in my shoes
And get a taste of my blues
[Chorus]
It’s the price of fame
You pay the price for fame
So don't you ever complain
It's the price of fame
You pay the price for fame
So don't be feelin' this way
It's the price of fame
You pay the price for fame
So don't you ever complain
Pay the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
My father never lies (The price of fame)
My father never lies, baby
My father never lies (The price of fame)
So don't be feelin' your pain, boy
I took my baby on a riverboat cruise
And she was well aware
I was excited 'bout the way that things could've been
She said that I don't care
I wore a face no one could recognize, in disguise
Someone called out my name
They thought of takin' pictures, autographs, then they grabbed
My joy had turned to pain
[Pre-Chorus]
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
If you're reachin' for fortune and fame
I feel the pressure settin' in, I'm livin' just to win
I'm done in my pain, don't be feelin' your pain
[Chorus]
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
So don't be feelin' your pain
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
[Verse 2]
I am a cover of a magazine, what a scene
They know my every move
"Just sign your name on the dotted line, you'll be fine"
That always bothers me
Get in your car, you want to take a ride, look behind
Someone is followin' you
You try to get away, you turn 'round fast, but too bad
They know your every move
[Pre-Chorus]
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
If you're reachin' for fortune and fame
And I feel the pressure settin' in, I'm livin' just to win
I'm feelin' all this pain, don't you ever complain
[Chorus]
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
It's the price of fame, you pay the price for fame
So don't be feelin' your pain
It's the price of fame, you pay the price of fame
My father never lies (The price of fame)
My father never lies
My father never lies (The price of fame)
So don't be feelin' this way, boy
[Instrumental Break]
[Verse 3]
I like to take some time and get away, then they say
Is that boy still alive?
The weak that really start takin' pills, what a thrill
Only the strong survive
[Pre-Chorus]
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
They start to wonderin' where have you been?
I feel the envious look at me
Their mistaken jealousy
Well then stand here in my shoes
And get a taste of my blues
[Chorus]
It’s the price of fame
You pay the price for fame
So don't you ever complain
It's the price of fame
You pay the price for fame
So don't be feelin' this way
It's the price of fame
You pay the price for fame
So don't you ever complain
Pay the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
My father never lies (The price of fame)
My father never lies, baby
My father never lies (The price of fame)
So don't be feelin' your pain, boy
Unreleased Songs
- Ease on Down the Road #1
- Addams Groove (Family Thing)
- Days in Gloucestershire
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) (Demo Version)
- Todo Para Ti
- Throwing Your Life Away
- Everything’s Just Fine (aka Alright)
- Deep In The Night
- She’s Trouble (Demo Version)
- Faces
- Jane is a Groupie
- Happy Birthday, Lisa
- We Are the World (Original Solo Demo)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (Original Version)
- Slave to the Rhythm (Original Version)
- Here I Am (Come And Take Me) (Original Mix)
- Chicago (Original Version)
- Blue Gangsta (Original Version)
- Xscape (Original Version)
- Dangerous (Early Version)
- Farewell My Summer Love (Original Mix)
- Starlight
- Seeing Voices
- Loving You (Original Version)
- A Place with No Name (Original Version)
- 7 Digits (Snippet)
- Hollywood Tonight (Original Version)
- Get Your Weight Off of Me (Snippets)
- To Make My Father Proud (Original Mix)
- You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me (Original Mix)
- Touch the One You Love (Original Mix)
- Girl You’re So Together (Original Mix)
- Behind the Mask (Original Version)
- Do You Know Where Your Children Are (2010 Version)
- Chicago (2010 Version)
- Love’s Gone Bad
- Slave To The Rhythm (2010 Version)
- Carousel (Shortened Version)
- What About Us
- Call on Me (Original Mix)
- Don’t Let It Get You Down (Original Mix)
- Don’t Believe It (Snippet)
- Price of Fame (Pepsi Version)
- Cheater (2001 Reworked Version)
- Someone Put Your Hand Out (Early Version)
- Groove Of Midnight
- You Were There (Live from Sammy Davis Jr. 60th Anniversary Celebration 1989)
- Man in Black
- I’m Still The King
- State of Shock (Alternate Version)
- Melodie (Original Mix)
- The Loser
- If’n I Was God
- Hold My Hand
- (I Can’t Make It) Another Day
- Much Too Soon
- Sunset Driver (Demo)
- The Way You Love Me
- We Are Here to Change the World
- Don’t Be Messin’ ’Round
- I’m So Blue
- We’ve Had Enough
- Song Groove (Abortion Papers)
- All in Your Name
- Free
- Best of Joy
- Someone in the Dark
- We Be Ballin’
- Mind Is the Magic
- Scared of the Moon (Demo)
- Carousel
- Streetwalker
- Fly Away
- Beautiful Girl
- Cheater
- Fall Again
- In the Back
- Monkey Business
- Price of Fame
- Al Capone
- Can’t Get Outta the Rain
- This Is It
- She’s Trouble
- What More Can I Give
- Work That Body
- You Can’t Win
- I Am A Loser
- That’s What Love Is Made Of
- Who’s Lookin’ For A Lover
- Love Never Felt So Good (Original Version)
- Lonely Teardrops
- When I Come Of Age
- Someone Put Your Hand Out
- Slapstick
- Elizabeth, I Love You (Live from Elizabeth Taylor’s Anniversary Celebration 1997)
- For All Time
- Got the Hots
- Hot Street
- If You Don’t Love Me
- Nite Line
- On the Line
- One More Chance
- People of the World
- Serious Effect
- She Got It
- Why
- Billie Jean
- Smooth Criminal
- They Don’t Care About Us
- Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’
- Man in the Mirror
- Thriller
- Human Nature
- Beat It
- Dirty Diana
- Heal the World
- Bad
- Black or White
- Don’t Stop ’Til You Get Enough
- Earth Song
- P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing)
- Rock with You
- The Way You Make Me Feel
- You Are Not Alone
- Remember the Time
- You Rock My World
- Will You Be There
- Scream
- Off the Wall
- The Girl Is Mine