somebody someday

The Struts

When I was just sixteen
I stood waiting for a dream
At Barker s Street bus station every night
When I tried to get it on
She just looked at me with scorn
My courage turned to fear and I took flight

For those looks, they seemed to say
You ain t nothin , go away
You re just a face in the crowd
So I went home and I vowed
I m gonna be somebody, someday

Her name was Irene Wilde
Oh, such beauty for a child
When she started dating boys, I nearly died
For I could not barely stand
Seeing anyone hold her hand
I felt I had to crawl away and hide

In my mother s sunny room
I composed so many tunes
They were all the same, just a frame
For a name and just to say
I m gonna be somebody, someday

Wilde is your name
As you left that country town
I d been around, I d seen some fame
I d seen some ups, I d seen some downs
Smile through your shock
When you hear your name aloud
It s that face in the crowd
I didn t dig it, I m much too proud

When I was just sixteen
I stood waiting for that dream
At Barker s Street bus station non-affair
At the time, it seemed so sad
But it didn t turn out bad
If she hadn t turned me down
I d still be there

You know I think those folks agree
A little put down makes them see
They ain t no chain, they re just the link
And that s why she made me think
I m gonna be somebody, be somebody
Be somebody, someday