Well, they told me to come on over   I made my way to New York   And they tried to have me deported   Stop me from getting work   Blacklisted me all over   They were vicious and they were mean   They were bigtime operators   Baby, on the music business scene    Oh, they looked like politicians   But underneath they were thugs   And they spread malicious rumours   Threatened to have me busted for drugs   They had nothing on me   Oh man, I was really clean   But they were bigtime operators   On the music business scene       They put a bug in my apartment   To listen in on my calls   I was looking for some motivation   I couldn't find any, any motivation at all   They were very desperate people   Riding in long black limousines   But they were bigtime operators   On the music business scene       They were glorified by the media   They were heroes who had names   They said that they would bury me   If I didn't play their game   They said I didn't know the score   And that I was young and green   They were bigame operators   On the music business scene       Tried to hold me to a phoney contract   I said I didn't agree   Had to get out of the clutches   Had to go underground you see   Now I'm living in another country   But I know exactly just where I've been   Stay away from bigtime operators   Baby, on the music business scene       Well, baby bigtime operators   On the music business scene   Oh baby, bigtime operators   On the music business scene   Well, full of names and places   Baby, you know who I mean