Big Star
The Jayhawks * Track #6 On Sound of Lies
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- #5Stick in the Mud
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- #6Big Star
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- #7Poor Little Fish
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- #9Haywire
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Big Star by The Jayhawks
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The JayhawksWrited by
Gary LourisAbout
The title of Gary Louris’s ode to has-beens and never-wases pays obvious tribute to the seminal Memphis power pop band Big Star, a terribly influential and important act that never found the mass audience it probably deserved.
Not coincidentally, the Jayhawks' fellow Minneapolitans The Replacements...
Big Star Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Yeah, I'm flat busted
Wild-eyed and free
I couldn't get arrested if I tried
A has-been at a mere 35
[Verse 2]
Straight, honest
Forthright and true
Great expectations for someone
Doesn't anybody know how to have fun?
[Chorus]
But I'm gonna be a big star
I'm gonna be a big star someday
I'm gonna be a big star someday
[Verse 3]
The grape's bitter
I'm no quitter
Revolutions come, one by one
Seems it's high noon, and I ain't got no gun
[Bridge]
It's so hard
So hard
So hard getting by
[Chorus]
Gonna be a big star
I'm gonna be a big star someday
I'm gonna be a big star someday
[Verse 4]
Fine bourbon
Cuban cigars
Rude remarks observed in the C.C. Bar
I'm perfecting the finest art of wasting hours
[Chorus]
But I'm gonna be a big star
I'm gonna be a big star someday
[Outro]
I'm gonna be a big star
I'm gonna be a big star someday
Big Star Q&A
Who wrote Big Star's ?
Big Star was written by Gary Louris.
Who produced Big Star's ?
Big Star was produced by Brian Paulson & The Jayhawks.
When did The Jayhawks release Big Star?
The Jayhawks released Big Star on Tue Apr 22 1997.