You say you don't wanna run and hide  A face that no-one knows  And everyone ya meet, you're gonna show  You're nobody's slave, nobody's chains are holdin' you  You hold your fist up high,  And rule the zoo    Oh, you just got to be  Up high where the whole world's watchin me  Cos I, I got the guts to be somebody  To cry out    I wanna be somebody,  Be somebody soon  I wanna be somebody  Be somebody too    You say you don't wanna starve  Or take the table crumbs that fall  You don't wanna beg or plead at all  You don't want no nine to five  Your fingers to the bone  You don't want the rock piles' bloody stones    Oh, you just got to be  Up high where the whole world's watchin me  Cos I, I got the guts to be somebody  To cry out    I wanna be somebody,  Be somebody soon  I wanna be somebody  Be somebody too    I want shiny cars and dirty money  Lotsa rock and roll  I will live in fame and die in flames  I'm NEVER gettin' old    I wanna be somebody,  Be somebody soon  I wanna be somebody  Be somebody too    I'm gonna be somebody,  I'm gonna be somebody