when you haven't got any sense   and a sick ghastly pallor   well the poor kid never had a chance   and people heard that you're dead   but you haven't   you haven't left the city yet      oh, get famous, get famous, get famous   oh, so even if it takes every white blood cell    you ever ever have      when you haven't got any friends   and the pharmacist recommends    a b complex for this condition      and no, you haven't   you haven't left the city yet      oh, get famous, get famous, get famous   oh, so even if it takes every white blood cell   you ever ever have      you stand to the side    when the amtrak speeds by   close our eyes and pretend    that it's going to hit us   and try to decide   as the amtrak speeds by   to live or die, to live or die   well, oh well      get famous, get famous, get famous   get famous, get famous, get famous   get F-A-M-O-U-S, here we are      4-3-2-1 uh oh