Get Out Of It What You Can

You'd better do it now
You’d better do it right quick
Because your time is short
Being in the limelight
You’d better not complain
About the blinding camera lights
Get out of it what you can
Don’t cry
Get out of it what you can
Move on
When you see there’s something wrong
Go ‘head
When you feel the market’s dead
Very few survive a corporate camel ride

You’d better read the trades
And all the business reports
So you’ll be straight in your mind
Know when the profits decline
And when you see a haze
Coming over your star
Get out of there as fast as you can

They’ve tried to make you look like a fool
A fame and profit tool
So full of media hype
Now
You wanna take a sideswipe
But you have to be nice
Or that critic won’t write
About you in his magazine

“So What”
You say to everyone
“Who cares”
As your label drops support
You care
When you find no money nowhere

Now you can see how people come and leave the scene

Get out of it what you can


Written at a time when independent artists were frowned upon. Still holds true for pop stars though.
Musical inspiration: Brian Auger, DIY Punk Movement