THE BLUES OF A BUSINESSMAN an adaptation
by Joel Sattler
based on a translation of "Le Blues du Businessman" by Claude Dubois
I'm a success in what I do
I guess I'm lucky come to love
and with my secretaries too
I have an office at the top
and upside down it never stops
controlling everything I got
I live my life up in the air
from Singapore down to Times Square
I always travel first class fare
I keep a Hilton Hotel room
in every city under the moon
from misery I am immune
they ask me if I'm glad
disguise my face when I am sad
my sense of humor may be lost
it doesn't matter what the cost
I have succeeded and I'm proud
I pretend to laugh out loud
but I have failed and tell you how
what did you really want to be
you could be anything you see
if you were free
I could have been a real artiste
just like Mike or like Leo
and when the airplane lands I might be
in Rotterdam or Rio
I could have been a musician
so I could scream out who I am
I could have been a man who writes
so I could reinvent my life
so I could reinvent my life
I could have been up on the stage
each day I'd turn the page
and be the new star on the scene
in color way up on the screen
in color way up on the screen
I could have been an artist there
and try to reinvent and dare
to live life an anarchist
as free as any millionaire
as free as any millionaire
I could have been a artist real
and then
and then I could feel
that now I really do exist
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