THE RAINVLLES - I'M GONNA BE A STAR - ORIGINAL 1965 DEMO

I'M GONNA BE A STAR

Morris P & Dorothy Rainville
Key C

C F Bb C
When still just a youngster, my biggest wish came true
F Bb C
I started playing my guitar, the way the big stars do
Bb G7
Then poppa said Son, someday you will go far
C G7 C
I reckon you'll get to Nashville, and you'll become a star.

A year or so later, I left my poppa's farm
I headed for Nashville, and took my lucky charm
I'd rub on the charm, a penny on a silver bar
With that charm and my singing, I'm gonna be a star.

With the last of my savings, I bought some fancy clothes
I bought them in Nashville, where all the big stars go
I'll be such a big man, people will come from far
Just to see me in Nashville, I'm gonna be a star.

I'm here in Music City, where's all them record men
I've got them a song that will, go in the Big Top Ten.
I'm walking on Broadway, Fifth Avenue's not too far
Another hundred yards, I'm gonna be a star.

Another fifty yards, I'm gonna be a star

Another twenty yards, I'm gonna be.....(fade out)

© May 10, 1965