I was seventeen, you were working for
   Matthew and Son,
   The Beatles met the Queen, and I wrote
   I'm gonna get me a gun, yeah, yeah
   It was like a dream in the star machine,
   oh, no, izitso, izitso?
   I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted
   to travel far
   I only wanted a little bit of love
   So I could put a little love in my heart
   I never wanted to be la-de-da, go to parties
   'avec le bourgeois'
   I only wanted to sing my song well,
   So I could ring a small bell in your heart
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  
   I was on the road, sleeping between lorry
   lights, oh no
   Stone-drunk and cold, heading into a bad
   night, yeah, yeah
   Just another bean in the star machine, hi ho,
   here I go, here I go
  
   I never wanted to be a star buy my mum a
   Ferrari car
   I only wanted to run my own race,
   So I could win a small place in your heart
   Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
  
   Nature found a way, it picked me up off the
   dark side, yeah, yeah
   Showed me another day, it made me sing
   'I think I see the light'
   Not another bean in the star machine, oh no,
   this time I won't go
   I never wanted to be a star, I never wanted to travel far
   I only wanted a little bit of love
   So I could put a little love in my heart