Well, everybody sees me bein' a blinin' country rock star   Drivin' downtown, poundin' honky tonk sounds in my bandit car   They didn't know me back in '92, with my pawn shop guitar   And the holes in my boots, didn't see what I had to go through   All the beatin's I took, just to payin' my dues and now      Everybody wants to be me   But the don't want to bruise and they don't want to bleed   Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys   And try to get their fortune for free   Don't want to do what it takes to be what they want to be   Now but everybody wants, everybody want to be me, yes, they do      Well, there's a camera in my face nearly everyday   And I just got to grin   They take my country boy views, make it big city news   And I just take it on the chin      'Cause when you're playin' at the top of your game   Well, the phone's always ringin' and they're droppin' your name   But the second that you start to fall   Hey, nobody cares and nobody calls      But everybody wants to be me   But the don't want to bruise and they don't want to bleed   Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys   And try to get their fortune for free   Don't want to do what it takes to be what they want to be   Now but everybody wants to, everybody want to be me      Well, everybody wants to be me   But they don't want to bruise and they don't want to bleed   Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys   Try to get their fortune for free      Everybody wants to be me   But the don't want to bruise, they don't want to bleed   Want to spend all the money, hug up all the honeys   Try to get their fortune for free   Don't want to do what it takes to be what they want to be   Now but everybody wants, everybody wants, everybody wants      I said everybody wants, everybody wants to be me   Yeah, they want to be me, yes they do   Everybody wants to be me