Overnight Success-Zane Williams

[ti:Overnight Success] [ar:Zane Williams] [al:Overnight Success] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Overnight Success - Zane Williams [00:03.09]First you buy an ol' second-hand amp [00:05.48]With a knob that sticks [00:06.93] [00:11.20]You plug a cheap fender in [00:12.49]Then you crank it to ten [00:13.85]And you learn a few Haggard licks [00:15.75] [00:20.43]Then you play everyday for oh [00:22.23]About nine or ten years [00:24.21] [00:25.57]Writin' songs for your girl [00:27.13]And blowin' all your money on gear [00:29.37] [00:32.25]Then you talk to a drummer [00:33.48]Who's a friend of a friend at church [00:36.41] [00:40.35]He's got a buddy who's been learning the bass [00:42.53]So you get together after work [00:44.32] [00:49.05]You play together six months 'til the band is tight [00:51.80]Book your first big gig on a Friday night [00:54.40]Step up to the mic and pray you remember the words [00:57.94] [00:58.89]Then you sing about love or maybe love gone wrong [01:03.17] [01:04.14]And you do a little drinkin' to a drinkin' song [01:09.30]You make everybody dance [01:11.03]Everybody smile everybody feel good for a while [01:14.73]And when you're done way to go [01:17.86]You finished step one [01:20.40] [01:22.71]Next you borrow 10 grand [01:24.19]From your uncle and you make a CD [01:26.36] [01:30.57]Good luck paying him back cause it's a modern day fact [01:33.44]Anybody can get it for free [01:35.73] [01:39.76]You spend your time online making virtual fans [01:42.02]Shopping for a band van while you work for the man [01:45.33]'Til you book enough gigs you can turn in your two weeks [01:48.90] [01:49.78]Then you sing about love or maybe love gone wrong [01:55.10]And you do a little drinkin' to a drinkin' song [01:59.72] [02:00.23]You make everybody dance everybody smile [02:03.01]Everybody feel good for a while [02:05.50]And when you're through [02:07.55]That's pretty good but that's just step two [02:11.84](Two step it now) [02:12.67] [02:33.19]Step three: glue your hands to a steering wheel [02:35.84]Step four: eat fast food every meal [02:38.43]Step five and six: fire the original band [02:41.96]And buy a new van [02:43.93]Step seven: burn out and give it up [02:46.12]Step eight: come back cause it's what you love [02:48.85]Step nine: you finally get a shot at the big time [02:56.16]So you sing about love or maybe love gone wrong [03:01.56]And you put your whole heart [03:02.73]And soul into every song [03:06.07] [03:06.66]You make Letterman laugh and Leno smile [03:09.44]Stack your awards up in a pile [03:11.82]And guess what's next [03:14.28]Everybody calls you an overnight success [03:17.26] [03:19.58]Yeah you're an overnight success [03:22.66] [03:25.60]Hey and all it really took was 20 years of blood [03:29.78]Sweat and tears [03:31.54] [03:34.13]You know what on second thought [03:36.09] [03:36.69]Maybe you should just [03:38.78]I don't know [03:40.06]Try out for American Idol or something