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Artist: Heritage Singers
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Can You Reach My Friend
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Can You Reach My Friend
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Mr. No-one, he wanted to be a star
That’s all we are trying to do
We’re just tryin’ to make our mark
He believed in a big future
Wanted everyone to look and say “there he goes…”
He said: “life’s much better when you’re rich”
I said: “isn’t a man made of more than his clothes”
He told me: “I wanna be somebody”
(I wanna be somebody)
“I know I am somebody”
(I know I am somebody, yeah)
“I wanna be somebody”
(I wanna be somebody)
“I know I am somebody
(I know I am somebody)
But I need real somebody, yeah
You shoot you arrow in the air
And it flies real high
Well, good for you but that don’t mean
Everybody’s going to
You shoot you arrow in the air
And it flies real high
Well good for you but that don’t mean
Everybody’s going to
Soon you’re gonna rise up singing
Believing you can leave all this behind
Your daddy ain’t rich and your mamma never loved you
But still you’re gonna spread your wings and fly
He said: “if only they could really see me
But how could I ever be sure
Life’s much better when you see it on tv
This hope is a curse and a cure”
He told me: “I wanna be somebody”
(I wanna be somebody)
“I know I am somebody”
(I know I am somebody, yeah)
“I wanna be somebody”
(I wanna be somebody)
“I know I am somebody
(I know I am somebody)
But I need real somebody, yeah
You shoot you arrow in the air
And it flies real high
Well, good for you but that don’t mean
Everybody’s going to
You shoot you arrow in the air
And it flies real high
Well good for you but that don’t mean
Everybody’s going to
I wanna be somebody
(I wanna be somebody)
I know I am somebody
(I know I am somebody)
But I need real somebody
I wanna be somebody
(I wanna be somebody)
I know I am somebody
(I know I am somebody)
But I need real somebody
I wanna be somebody
(I wanna be somebody)
I know I am somebody
(I know I am somebody)
But I need real somebody
I wanna be somebody
(I wanna be somebody)
I know I am somebody
(I know I am somebody)
But I need real somebody
You shoot you arrow in the air
And it flies real high
Well, good for you but that don’t mean
Everybody’s going to
You shoot you arrow in the air
And it flies real high
Well good for you but that don’t mean
Everybody’s going to
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