Fame Won’t Love You

Watch children cry, the pageant sells the lie Third place isn't winning, you know Neither is first, the pressure and the thirst For this skeleton's show I am so thin-skinned, don't scratch the surface Please let me live within, within this circus Little dreams come crashing, let them wave in passing 'Cause fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should And you may wish for Oscars, Grammys, and blockbusters Fame won't love you like a brother, like a lover should No, oh Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should Whoa, oh Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should I searched in your eyes for some glimmer of light Tap dancing for one million miles I looked for the smiles, oh, hoping in them I'd find Validation for my futile existence I am so thin-skinned, don't scratch the surface Please let me live within, within this circus Little dreams come crashing, let them wave in passing 'Cause fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should And you may wish for Oscars, Grammys, and blockbusters 'Cause fame won't love you like a brother, like a lover should No, no Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should No, no Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should No, whoa Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should Whoa, oh Fame won't love you like a mother, like a father should Whoa