You say you don't want to run and hide

A face that no one knows

And everyone you meet

You're going to show

You're nobody's slave

Nobody's chains are holding you

You hold your fist up high

And pride too

Oh, you've just go to be

Up high where the

Whole world is watching you and me

Cause I...

I've got the guts to be somebody!

To cry out

I want to be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want to be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want to be somebody

Be somebody too

I wanna be somebody

Be somebody too

You say you don't want to starve

Well, take the table crumbs and go!

You don't want to take your feed at all?

You don't want no 9 to 5 job

Fingers to the bone

You don't want the rock piles dirty

Go!

Oh, you've just got to be...

Up high where the whole world's

Watching you and me

Cause I...

I've got the guts to be somebody!

To cry out

I want to be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want to be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want to be somebody

Be somebody too

I want be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want shiny pots

And dirty money

And lots of rock and roll

I will live in vain

And die in flames

I'm never getting old

I want to be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want to be somebody

Be somebody tall

I want to be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want to be somebody

Be somebody too

I want to be somebody

Be somebody soon

I want to be somebody!

Be somebody tall

I'm gonna be somebody

I'm gonna be somebody