I don't want to be like old George Reeves
S tuck in a S uperman r ole
I've got a l ong way to g o in my career
And s omeday my f ame will make it clear
That I had to b e a Superm an
He c ame from another place d eep in his mind
As f ar as the planets in s pace
As g alaxy's mysteries s tart to unwind
Some c hanges are bound to take p lace
Though g ravity constantly w eighs on my travels
My m ission is close to a drift
Though I can be strong when my p ower unravels
I s till come to you for a l ift
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
S tuck in a S uperman r ole
I've got a l ong way to g o in my career
And s omeday my f ame will make it clear
That I had to b e a Superm an
I k now I can fly when my p lane hits the sky
I bel ieve I've got nothing to l ose
But w hen I'm alone with the b ed and the phone
I get the t erminal metropolis b lues
I f lew to the coast where S uperman's Ghost
Lay s hot on the bedroom f loor
He said "W atch out for TV it c rucified me
But it c an't crucify me no m ore."
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
S tuck in a S uperman r ole
I've got a l ong way to g o in my career
And s omeday my f ame will make it clear
That I had to b e a Superm an
"I'm r ed white and blue I've got j ustice to do
I'm the m an of your fantasy d reams
But I'm an a lien man from an a lien land
Who's a live on your orthicon s creens
I o nce ruled the world and when f lags were unfurled
I perf ormed for you live not on t ape
But the p ublic is cruel when p layed for a fool
As you s ee by the blood on my c ape."
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
S tuck in a S uperman r ole
I've got a l ong way to g o in my career
And s omeday my f ame will make it clear
That I had to b e a Superm an
"Well I n ever was real or s tronger than steel
I'm a f igment of Freudian n eed
And the v ideo screen is a p sychotic scene
And it's a ll done with mirrors and g reen
My a gent just called the t alks have been stalled
I s oon will be pulled from the a ir
But the i mage persists in the v ideo mists
That a S uperman still will be t here!"
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
S tuck in a S uperman r ole
I've got a l ong way to g o in my career
And s omeday my f ame will make it clear
That I had to b e a Superm an
