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The Highs and Lows of Being Number One Lyrics
You're like a rolling stone on a treadmill
You're like a four-leaf clover on a battlefield
It was an easy wind, a real cool pace
Like a big nose on a pretty face
You've got a ponytail of thinning hair
Send a get-well card that showed you cared
And I'm sending out a search party
It's like Jonestown all over again
Ups and downs and there you go
It's the highs and lows of being number one
Is that a highball in your Sprite can?
It's a forgotten name from a one night stand
Your chin's a bobby pin of a sewing machine
Your eyes are flickering like it's Halloween
I'm sending out my sympathies
It's like Jonestown all over again
Ups and downs and there you go
It's the highs and lows of being number one
Is that a doctor's note for a heartache?
Or a poisoned cup from your own P.A.?
It's like a compliment from your right hand
It's like Jonestown all over again
Ups and downs and there you go
It's the highs and lows of being number one
And the glove, it always hides the ring
The drums hide the fact that you can't sing
Ups and downs and there you go
It's the highs and lows of being number one
You're like a four-leaf clover on a battlefield
It was an easy wind, a real cool pace
Like a big nose on a pretty face
You've got a ponytail of thinning hair
Send a get-well card that showed you cared
And I'm sending out a search party
It's like Jonestown all over again
It's the highs and lows of being number one
It's a forgotten name from a one night stand
Your chin's a bobby pin of a sewing machine
Your eyes are flickering like it's Halloween
I'm sending out my sympathies
It's like Jonestown all over again
It's the highs and lows of being number one
Or a poisoned cup from your own P.A.?
It's like a compliment from your right hand
It's like Jonestown all over again
It's the highs and lows of being number one
The drums hide the fact that you can't sing
It's the highs and lows of being number one
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instead of "It wasn't easy with a real cool face" I think the line is "it was an easy wind, a real cool pace"
meaning wise, it's about cults. Rumor has it on some of Jenny's more recent concerts, she's asked the crowd if they want to hear "a favorite, or a new song about cults" and performed this song when they chose the latter.
I agree with the above lyric correction.
When I saw her in concert recently, after she finished playing it Jenny said, "Ok, that song was a little bit about Lindsay Lohan". It definitely makes sense in that context. Does anyone have any insight to what "Jonestown all over again" could be referencing? That's the only part I'm not quite clear on.
Well Jonestown was a commune where hundreds of followers of Jim Jones commited mass suicide. It is probably referencing how these people are bending over backwards for the person mentioned in the song for no good reason at all.
Well Jonestown was a commune where hundreds of followers of Jim Jones commited mass suicide. It is probably referencing how these people are bending over backwards for the person mentioned in the song for no good reason at all.
"And the glove, it always hides the ring"