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Prisoners of their own success Their world now micro-sized Fan adulation to excess Their love is just disguised Their objects of affection Live their lives inside a bubble Leaving their prison, though it's self imposed Could bring them worlds of trouble A truck driver from Tupelo A pop band from the 'pool A superstar from Hoboken, And one...the King of Cool The superstar from Hoboken Became the Chairman of The Board If you made it into his 'rat pack' You knew you'd really scored His movies and his music Made him the world's number one But he had to minimize his world When someone stole his son His boy was kidnapped, truthfully Back in 1965 And through his contacts in the mob He got his son back home alive This is the price of fame folks Behind the glitter and the glam They've got to have their safety But the fans don't give a damn Prisoners of their own success Their world now micro-sized Fan adulation to excess Their love is just disguised Their objects of affection Live their lives inside a bubble Leaving their prison, though it's self imposed Could bring them worlds of trouble The Memphis Mafia gave protection To The King of Rock and Roll But, by choice his world got smaller And he went into a hole He built a house in Memphis To protect him from his fans And thanks to Dr. Feelgood He died a lonely, broken man He couldn't live the life he earned He was a prisioner instead It's a shame he has more value Now that he is dead Prisoners of their own success Their world now micro-sized Fan adulation to excess Their love is just disguised Their objects of affection Live their lives inside a bubble Leaving their prison, though it's self imposed Could bring them worlds of trouble He'd a partner and was cool He was suave and sang songs And he worked with a "fool" They conquered the nightclubs They were known near and far But his created alter ego Lived his life at the bar He ran with Frank Sinatra He was the King of Cool But when The Chairman started lessons Dean was right there in his school The Beatles broke in Hamburg But way back in sixty two Their bubble was just forming There was nothing they could do They lived their life behind the scenes For when they did go out The girls would all go crazy And the world would twist and shout Privacy came hard for them They went four separate ways These four young men from Liverpool LIved life inside a maze. It's sad that adulation takes their freedom, makes them hide But they're safer locked away from us They're safer locked inside Prisoners of their own success Their world's now micro-sized Fan adulation to excess Their love is just disguised Their objects of affection Live their lives inside a bubble Leaving their prison, though it's self imposed Could bring them worlds of trouble
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