Joker Johnny was a lie teller

'Cause he thought somebody might like him better

So he built it up, built it up till it all fell down

But he never thought the bitter truth was gonna find him out

He did it all to impress someone else

But all he had to do was stop and be himself



Now everybody wants to be somebody

Yes, it's true

No tellin' what some people will do, oh

Nobody wants to be a nobody

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate

To go through this life

Carrying the weight



When they shoot somebody

For the clothes they wear

And they'll advertise it like it's ordinary

They got territories so they stand their ground

What they really know is what comes around

It comes right back around



What they really wanted

Is to be accepted

And find out in the end

That the streets are self-correcting



Everybody wants to be somebody

Yes, it's true

No tellin' what some people will do, oh

Nobody wants to be a nobody

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate

To go through this life

Carrying the weight



Far more worse than dying

Is living with a soul

That's laden with the consequence

Of all the happiness you stole

Sometimes a guilty conscience and carrying the weight

Is harder than a bullet to the brain

Yeah, yeah, yeah

C'mon oh, oh, oh, oh



Everybody wants to be somebody

Yes it's true

No tellin' what some people will do, oh

Nobody wants to be a nobody

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate

Yes, it is, yes, it is



Everybody wants to be somebody

Yes it's true

No tellin' what some people will do

Nobody wants to be a nobody

'Cause it's a far more bitter fate

To go through this life carrying



Never carrying the weight

Never carrying the weight

You gotta let it down, let it go

Listen to me as I say

Never carrying that weight

Never carrying that weight

You gotta let it go

Let it down