Everybody wants to be a star Living in the limelight A big house and a fancy car Living in the limelight Everybody gonna know your name Surely pleased to meet you Ask you for your autograph See your latest feature In the middle of a midnight dream Living in the limelight See yourself on the silver screen Living in the limelight How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm Never make 'em happy How you gonna keep 'em close to home Everybody's leavin', headin' for Hollywood Everybody has a fantasy Living in the limelight A personality Living in the limelight Hypnotizin' the roar of the crowd Never heard of stagefright First one back for the curtain call Fall in love with the spotlight On the cover of a magazine Living in the limelight In your limousine Living in the limelight How you gonna keep 'em down on the farm Never make 'em happy How you gonna keep 'em close to home Everybody's leavin', headin' for Hollywood Everybody wants to be a star Living in the limelight A big house and a fancy car Living in the limelight Everybody gonna know your name Living in the limelight Say, gonna be pleased to meet you Living in the limelight Living in the lime Living in the limelight Living in the limelight They go to Hollywood, be a star Living in the limelight