Goldfish Bowl Lyrics by Van Morrison

(from the album What's Wrong With This Picture)

What will it take for them to leave me alone
Don't they know I'm just a guy who sings songs
I'm not promoting no hit record
And I don't have no TV show
And I don't have no reason to live in a goldfish bowl

I'm just doing my gigs
And I'm on and off the road
Everything I say is not meant to be set in stone
Just because they call me a celebrity
That does not make it true
'Cos I don't believe in the myth people
So why should you?

Jazz Blues & Funk
That's not Rock & Roll
Folk with a beat
And a little bit of Soul
I don't have no hit record
I don't have no TV show
Tell me why should I have to live in this goldfish bowl?

Well there's parasites and psychic vampires
Feeding on the public at large
Projecting their shadow onto everyone else
Well the newspaper barons
Are the scum of the lowest degree
And they prey on everybody
They prey on you and me

I'm singing Jazz Blues & Funk
Baby that's not Rock & Roll
Folk with a beat
And a little bit of Soul
I don't have no hit record
I don't have no TV show
So why should I want to live in this goldfish bowl?

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Other Lyrics from What's Wrong With This Picture

1. Evening in June Lyrics
2. Fame Lyrics
3. Get on With the Show Lyrics
4. Little Village Lyrics
5. Meaning Of Loneliness Lyrics
6. Once In A Blue Moon Lyrics
7. Saint James Infirmary Lyrics
8. Somerset Lyrics
9. Stop Drinking Lyrics
10. Too Many Myths Lyrics
11. What's Wrong With This Picture? Lyrics
12. Whinin Boy Moan Lyrics

Other Van Morrison Albums

• Down The Road Lyrics
• Midnight Special Lyrics
• The Early Years: 1967-1968 Lyrics
• The Philosopher's Stone Lyrics
• Brown Eyed Beginnings Lyrics
• The Best Of Van Morrison Vol. 2 Lyrics
• Avalon Sunset Lyrics
• Saint Dominic's Preview Lyrics
• His Band And The Street Choir Lyrics
• Van Morrison At The Movies: Soundtrack Hits Lyrics
• Pay the Devil Lyrics
• Magic Time Lyrics
• Before The Fame Lyrics
• The Essential Van Morrison Lyrics
• Spanish Rose Lyrics
• The Early Years Lyrics
• The Great Van Morrison Lyrics
• Brown Eyed Girl Lyrics
• In Session Lyrics
• The Skiffle Sessions: Live In Belfast 1998 Lyrics
• Back On Top Lyrics
• The Bang Demos Lyrics
• Super Hits Lyrics
• New York Sessions '67 Lyrics
• The Healing Game Lyrics
• How Long Has This Been Going On Lyrics
• Brown Eyed Girl & Blue Eyed Soul Lyrics
• Days Like This Lyrics
• A Night In San Francisco Lyrics
• Too Long In Exile Lyrics
• Bang Masters Lyrics
• Hymns To The Silence Lyrics
• The Best Of Van Morrison Vol. 1 Lyrics
• Enlightenment Lyrics
• Irish Heartbeat Lyrics
• Poetic Champions Compose Lyrics
• No Guru, No Method, No Teacher Lyrics
• Live At The Grand Opera House Belfast Lyrics
• A Sense Of Wonder Lyrics
• Inarticulate Speech Of The Heart Lyrics
• Beautiful Vision Lyrics
• Common One Lyrics
• Into The Music Lyrics
• Wavelength Lyrics
• T.B. Sheets Lyrics
• Veendon Fleece Lyrics
• It's Too Late To Stop Now Lyrics
• Hard Nose The Highway Lyrics
• Tupelo Honey Lyrics
• Moondance Lyrics
• Astral Weeks Lyrics
• Blowin' Your Mind Lyrics

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