Peyronel I finally found the face, the frown The fun of fame, I'm wearing a crown I saw myself in the State of Maine My name in lights but it's not the same. Well, we rode through the land in our slick green van Waiting for that man to give us a hand The cabbies don't know where we're coming from If something goes wrong, I don't care, we're so strong. 'Cause it's hard at the top but it's harder at the bottom And it's nobody's fault if you're scared of shouting (doo doo doo doo …) I was scared and scarred, bare and barred 'Cause life at the top well it ain't so hard
In a hotel room I face the gloom But the bad old days didn't go too soon. Now it's jet lag, red flag here and there But the hand that he lends, well, it ain't so fair Now we're over the rain in our slick green plane With our name in lights and it's still the same. Hard at the top but it's harder at the bottom And it's nobody's fault if you're scared of shouting (Doo doo doo doo doo doo doo doo). Hard at the top, hard at the top Hard at the top, hard at the top Hard at the top, hard at the top …