I'M NEARLY FAMOUS by Cliff Richard - live TV performance 1976 +lyrics from sung si kyung lyrics Watch Video

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Record Date: February 14, 1976<br/>Record Location: London, UK<br/>Performed By: Cliff Richard (vocals), The Barrie Guard Orchestra (all music), Tony Burrows (backing vocals), Chas Mills (backing vocals), Nick Curtis (backing vocals), Russell Stone (backing vocals)<br/><br/>LYRICS<br/><br/>The record man said'don't let it go to your head, I'm gonna make you a star'<br/>If you've got it, use it, but don't abuse it, gave me money from an old fruit jar<br/>To exercise my delight, I went out that night and shook the town the way I knew<br/>How<br/>So mama please don't worry about me, I'm nearly famous now<br/>Six months later I'm a cool operator, and I know my way around<br/>The record man sighed, he really tried, but he couldn't get it off the ground<br/>But that don't bother me now 'cause I've got a friend who's gotta friend who<br/>Really knows how<br/>So mama please don't worry about me, I'm nearly famous now<br/>Still hanging on, still hanging on, hang on<br/>I met this real live walking, self-styled, self-assured, slow talking bore<br/>I thought I'd play him along, give him a song, to keep the doom dust away from<br/>My door<br/>But I didn't do what he wanted me to, but it didn't seem to matter somehow<br/>So mama please don't worry about me, I'm nearly famous now<br/>Still hanging on, still hanging on, hang on<br/>Six months later I'm a part time waiter, but that didn't last long<br/>I stretched and squeezed at words I'd never heard to write a song<br/>And when it finally came, it sounded the same as a tune I'd heard before<br/>Somehow<br/>But mama please don't worry about me, I'm nearly famous now<br/>Still hanging on.<br/>Still hanging on.<br/><br/>Songwriters: Michael Allison / Peter Sills