Overnight Success

Overnight Success - Zane Williams

First you buy an ol' second-hand amp

With a knob that sticks

You plug a cheap fender in

Then you crank it to ten

And you learn a few Haggard licks

Then you play everyday for oh

About nine or ten years

Writin' songs for your girl

And blowin' all your money on gear

Then you talk to a drummer

Who's a friend of a friend at church

He's got a buddy who's been learning the bass

So you get together after work

You play together six months 'til the band is tight

Book your first big gig on a Friday night

Step up to the mic and pray you remember the words

Then you sing about love or maybe love gone wrong

And you do a little drinkin' to a drinkin' song

You make everybody dance

Everybody smile everybody feel good for a while

And when you're done way to go

You finished step one

Next you borrow 10 grand

From your uncle and you make a CD

Good luck paying him back cause it's a modern day fact

Anybody can get it for free

You spend your time online making virtual fans

Shopping for a band van while you work for the man

'Til you book enough gigs you can turn in your two weeks

Then you sing about love or maybe love gone wrong

And you do a little drinkin' to a drinkin' song

You make everybody dance everybody smile

Everybody feel good for a while

And when you're through

That's pretty good but that's just step two

(Two step it now)

Step three: glue your hands to a steering wheel

Step four: eat fast food every meal

Step five and six: fire the original band

And buy a new van

Step seven: burn out and give it up

Step eight: come back cause it's what you love

Step nine: you finally get a shot at the big time

So you sing about love or maybe love gone wrong

And you put your whole heart

And soul into every song

You make Letterman laugh and Leno smile

Stack your awards up in a pile

And guess what's next

Everybody calls you an overnight success

Yeah you're an overnight success

Hey and all it really took was 20 years of blood

Sweat and tears

You know what on second thought

Maybe you should just

I don't know

Try out for American Idol or something