You say you don´t wanna run and hide
A face that no-one knows
And everyone ya meet, you´re gonna show
You´re nobody´s slave, nobody´s chains are holdin´ you
You hold your fist up high,
And rule the zoo

Oh, you just got to be
Up high where the whole world´s watchin me
Cos I, I got the guts to be somebody
To cry out

I wanna be somebody,
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too

You say you don´t wanna starve
Or take the table crumbs that fall
You don´t wanna beg or plead at all
You don´t want no nine to five
Your fingers to the bone
You don´t want the rock piles´ bloody stones

Oh, you just got to be
Up high where the whole world´s watchin me
Cos I, I got the guts to be somebody
To cry out

I wanna be somebody,
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too

I want shiny cars and dirty money
Lotsa rock and roll
I will live in fame and die in flames
I´m NEVER gettin´ old

I wanna be somebody,
Be somebody soon
I wanna be somebody
Be somebody too

I´m gonna be somebody,
I´m gonna be somebody