Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
Reel Big Fish
“I’ll Never Be” first appeared on Reel Big Fish’s first independent album, Everything Sucks in 1995. The song laments the fact that the band has yet to become famous, and speculates that the band will never achieve mainstream success (“I’ll never be a rock-and-roll star”).
Ironically, after the re...
Everybody's lookin' at me, thought I saw my face on MTV
A magazine that she won't read
Stole her heart, but it's not my fault
Lookin' at my picture she forgot about her boyfriend, yeah
I'll never be - a rock-and-roll star
I'll never be - anything, anything at all
Drives me crazy - can't get away
Somebody tell me - when do we get paid?
Everybody's lookin' at me
Thought by now I'd be on MTV
Or a magazine, like "Seventeen" or "Rolling Stone'"
And I won't be alone with your - money in my pocket
And my face on your T-shirt, yeah
I'll never be - a rock-and-roll star
I'll never be - anything, anything at all
Drives me crazy - can't get away
Somebody tell me - when do we get paid?
But I tried, I tried, I tried, I tried, every day, every day
Said I'll never be, a rock-and-roll star
I'll never be - anything, anything at all
I’ll Never Be was written by Aaron Barrett & Andrew Gonzales & Adam Polakoff.