To Be Someone (Didn’t We Have a Nice Time) Songtext
von The Jam

To be someone must be a wonderful thing
A famous footballer or rock singer
Or a big film star
Yes, I think I would like that

To be rich and have lots of fans
Have lots of girls, to prove
That I′m a man
And be number one
And liked by everyone

Getting drugged up with my trendy friends
They really dig me, man
And I dig them
And the bread I spend
Is like my fame
Its quickly diminished


And there's no more swimming in a guitar-shaped pool
No more reporters
At my beck and call
No more Cocaine
Now it′s only ground chalk
No more taxis
Now we'll have to walk

But didn't we have a nice time?
Didn′t we have a nice time?
Oh, wasn′t it such a fine time?

I realise I should have stuck to my guns
Instead of shit out to be one of the bastard sons
And lose myself
I know it was wrong
But it's cost me a lot

There′s no more drinking
When the club shuts down
I'm out on my arse
With the rest of the clowns

It′s really frightening
Without a bodyguard
So I stay confined to my lonely room

But didn't we have a nice time?
Didn′t we have a nice time?
Oh, wasn't it such a fine time?

To be someone must be a wonderful thing