Story Behind The Song

A young girl asks "why am I still driving my own car- I thought by now I'd be a big Movie Star"

Song Description

(Listen to the song)

Lyrics

I stepped out my door
to a bright new world
where the promise of a smile seemed to glow in the sunshine
I let my troubles roll away
like the trucks roll down that freeway
with a certainty I say "this is not just another day"

but then my life comes crashing into me
this ride, my job,
just aint all that it's cracked up to be
I think that I am in denial
I watch TV and I think that's where I'm supposed to be

(Chorus)
why am I still driving my own car?
I thought by now i'd be a big, big movie star
and the greatest mystery
is why no one's discovered me
why can't they see the possibilities?

and so I'm singing in the shower
and talking to the mirror
and making faces to fill the space that my life leaves inside
and so at work when my boss sees me
I sure hope I'm not daydreaming
'cause just like John from the bar
I'm sure that I could be a movie star

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(Chorus)
words by: james d whitescarver
music by: Frank Kozak
copyright 2002