Fake Your Way to the Top

[JIMMY]
Thirteen years of solid gold platters
Rising costs and cocktail chatter, yeah
Fat deejays, stereophonic sound
Oh, baby
The game of hits goes around and around

And you can fake your way to the top
'Round and around
(spoken)
Try that part, baby.

[LORRELL]
'Round and around

[JIMMY]
Yeah!
Fake your way to the top

[DEENA]
'Round and around

[JIMMY]
(spoken)
Oh, you fell right in there, sweetheart.
(sung)
You can fake your way to the top

[EFFIE]
'Round and around

[JIMMY]
(spoken)
Well, I knew you have it!
(sung)
And it's always real, so real

[DREAMETTES]
Always so real

[JIMMY]
Yes, when you're comin' down

[ANNOUNCER, spoken]
Ladies and gentlemen, the wildest man in show business, James "Thunder" Early!

[JIMMY]
Oh, no
Oh, yeah

[JIMMY]
Hеlp me, Jesus!

[DREAMETTES]
Help mе, Jesus!

[JIMMY]
Help help help me, Jesus!

[DREAMETTES]
Help me, Jesus!

[JIMMY]
Help help help me, Jesus!

[DREAMETTES]
Help me, Jesus!

[JIMMY]
Help me, Jesus!
I'm sorry for what I've done
Come on, now
Help me, Jesus!

[DREAMETTES]
Help me, Jesus!

[JIMMY]
Help help help me, Jesus!

[DREAMETTES]
Help me, Jesus!

[JIMMY]
Help help help me, Jesus!

[DREAMETTES]
Help me, Jesus!

[JIMMY]
Help me, Jesus!
Up, back up, back up

[DREAMETTES]
All the way up

[JIMMY]
Woo!
Back to number one
Back to number one
Oh, yeah!
Listen
I know what's happenin'

[DREAMETTES]
Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]
I've been around
Fakin' my way

[DREAMETTES]
Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]
Through every town
I made my livin'

[DREAMETTES]
Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]
Yes, I do
Off my sound
Ha!

[DREAMETTES]
Doo, doot, doo doo

[JIMMY]
And the game of hits
Here we go!
Goes around and around and a—

[DREAMETTES]
Around and around and around and around and around and around

[JIMMY]
And a—
Yeah!
Fake my way to the top

[DREAMETTES]
'Round and around

[JIMMY]
Yeah!
Blow your horn
Fake my way to the top

[DREAMETTES]
'Round and around

[JIMMY]
Oh, yeah
I faked my way to the top

[DREAMETTES]
'Round and around

[JIMMY]
Oh, yeah
Oh, yeah

[DREAMETTES]
'Round and around

[JJIMMY]
And it's always real, so real

[DREAMETTTES]
Always so real

[JIMMY]
Yeah
When you're comin' down

[JIMMY]
Help me, Jesus!
Help help help me, Jesus!
Help me, Jesus
Up, back up, back up

[DREAMETTES]
All the way up

[JIMMY]
Woo!
Back to number one
Yeah
See I faked
See I faked
See that I faked, baby
Yeah
Oh
Help me
Help help me
Oh, yeah
Help me, Jesus
Fake my way to the top
Yeah
Woo!