[00:00.10]I started
[00:02.06]Playing guitar by the town memorial
[00:05.08]All my songs were singing editorials
[00:07.85]And when I'd done the sermon on the mount
[00:10.92]I counted my change and put it in my bank account
[00:14.03]I didn't want to work at the local abbatoir
[00:16.54]So I left home expanded my repertoire
[00:19.42]I did some gigs no one booed
[00:22.34]I got free beer and I drank it with gratitude
[00:25.92]Once I started I couldn't stop
[00:28.57]That's how I got from the bottom to the top
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[00:39.22]A businessman with a very young dolly bird
[00:42.08]Talked through the set liked what he thought he heard
[00:44.92]Dropped some names he claimed to represent
[00:47.50]And asked me if I had any management
[00:50.37]Well two weeks later I'm signing on the dotted line
[00:53.37]Offered some *** at first I declined
[00:56.02]Lots of parties where the spread's incredible
[00:58.72]But don't get close cause the food's inedible
[01:02.67]And I became a spinning top
[01:05.19]That's how I got from
[01:07.10]The bottom to the top of the bottom
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[01:16.03]I got a sweet deal and I moved to America
[01:19.08]I fell in love with an heiress called Erica
[01:21.76]Started out smart soon got silly
[01:24.45]I partied by the pool and then arrest for necrophilia
[01:27.28]News travels fast like electricity
[01:30.05]A bad mug shot it's good publicity
[01:32.86]I laid low for a month or two
[01:35.59]And spent my dough building a recording studio
[01:39.11]And that's when it all went pop
[01:41.97]That's how I got from
[01:43.75]The bottom to the top of the bottom
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[01:53.08]The label and Payola got me in the charts
[01:55.42]My new management had me by the private parts
[01:58.19]I went on strike took the initiative
[02:00.86]Forgetting that
[02:01.44]I didn't have a single thing to bargain with
[02:03.55]I lost my nerve my fall was glorious
[02:06.61]The lawsuit was eternal and laborious
[02:09.41]My new material was only fair to middling
[02:12.14]Rome was burning and I did some fiddling
[02:15.35]And finally I was dropped
[02:18.32]That's how I got back from
[02:20.13]The bottom to the top of the bottom
[02:23.58]
[02:29.04]On the way down people tend to leave you where you fall
[02:31.82]I tried to stand up but I didn't have the wherewithal
[02:34.70]I nearly died in a cab one day
[02:36.75]So I swapped my bourbon for a bottle full of perrier
[02:40.28]There were rumors about my sexuality
[02:42.76]The video star killed by reality
[02:45.43]Next thing I know I'm on my knees
[02:48.33]Begging the camera
[02:49.34]Will you vote me off the island please
[02:51.77]But the world forgives a flop
[02:54.53]That's how I got back from
[02:56.51]The bottom to the top of the bottom
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[03:24.25]Oh well all that exposure
[03:25.52]And the phone starts to ring again
[03:27.56]I experienced the strange urge to sing again
[03:30.14]Well not long ago I was a boy with a dream
[03:32.86]I reacquaint myself with a razor
[03:34.89]And some shaving cream
[03:36.01]Look at me I'm ripe for rediscovery
[03:38.56]All I need is Mary to mother me
[03:41.31]On the tenth green I was way over par
[03:43.99]My partner offered me a tour in Jesus Christ superstar
[03:47.41]And that's when the penny dropped
[03:50.22]That's how I got back back from
[03:52.18]The bottom to the top of the bottom
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[04:00.57]Well we toured all over the states of America
[04:03.83]I got a picture of my son from Erica
[04:06.54]My parents wrote since you disappeared
[04:09.03]Hard to believe but it's just been one year
[04:12.14]Now it's back to ale and cakes again
[04:14.99]I wonder if I'll make the same mistakes again
[04:17.78]I hope that you've enjoyed this tutorial
[04:20.20]There's another busker who was playing the memorial
[04:23.55]I'm getting bored of talking shop
[04:26.34]That's how I got back from
[04:28.38]The bottom to the top of the bottom
[04:32.12]To the top of the bottom
[04:34.97]To the top of the bottom
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