I was seventeen, you were working for   Matthew and Son,   The Beatles met the Queen, and I wrote   I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah, yeah   It was like a dream in the star machine,   oh, no, izitso, izitso?   I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted   to travel far   I only wanted a little bit of love   So I could put a little love in my heart   I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to parties   'avec le bourgeois'   I only wanted to sing my song well,   So I could ring a small bell in your heart   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      I was on the road, sleeping between lorry   lights, oh no   Stone-drunk and cold, heading into a bad   night, yeah, yeah   Just another bean in the star machine, hi ho,   here I go, here I go      I never wanted to be a star buy my mum a   Ferrari car   I only wanted to run my own race,   So I could win a small place in your heart   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah      Nature found a way, it picked me up off the   dark side, yeah, yeah   Showed me another day, it made me sing   'I think I see the light'   Not another bean in the star machine, oh no,   this time I won't go   I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far   I only wanted a little bit of love   So I could put a little love in my heart