The Almost Real Deal - The King's Blues Club
Maybe I'll write me a sweet little love song
The kind that makes the girls all want to cry
Find me a hook that's catchy and easy
And watch the royalty checks just multiply
Yeah, I'll write a tune for the radio stations
And live like a king until the day I die
I'll see my face on every silver screen
The sharpest looking man that you ever seen
My woman's gonna smile, say baby that's us
While my best friend laughs and makes a little fuss
They'll be buying my pics about the thousands, I bet
The biggest thing that hasn't happened yet
I'm gonna be a superstar
Driving a long black Cadillac car
You'll look at me and say man you're the real deal
And I'll just smile behind that silver wheel
Yeah, the real deal
That's how I'm gonna feel
I'll have diamonds on my fingers, a suit from Chicago town
I'll be the talk of the world, never wear a frown
You'll give me a hug and say you're a big man now
When I'll just take another humble little bow
Yeah, I'll be big
So big you won't believe it
Well, I sat down to write
Well, I sat down to write that million dollar hit
But my old E string
Just decided to quit
And my fountain pen ran out of that midnight ink
I'm too tired now to even sit and think
Maybe I'll be a star some other day
But right now, Lord
I'm just gonna hit the hay
I'm gonna sleep
Maybe next year
Maybe when the weather's clear
I was almost famous
Yeah, almost
Goodnight folks