Artist:
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos
Composers:
(Johnny Russell/Voni Morrison)
Time:
2:22
Recorded:
February 12th 1963, at Capitol Studios, Hollywood,
California
Released:
March 11th 1963
Label: Capitol
Records
Awards:
Number 1 at U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles. The
site about.com rank it at number 169 of the TOP 500 Country Music
Songs.
Covered by:
The Beatles.
Ranking
DO: Never ranked.
They're
gonna put me in the movies
They're gonna make a big star out of me
We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely
And all I gotta do is act naturally
Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star
Might win an Oscar you can never tell
The movies' gonna make me a big star
'Cause I can play the part so well
Well I hope you come and see me in the movie
Then I’ll know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that's ever hit the big time
And all I gotta do is act naturally
We'll make the scene about a man that's sad and lonely
And begging down upon his bended knees
I'll play the part but I won't need rehearsing
All I have to do is act naturally
Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star
Might win an Oscar you can never tell
The movies' gonna make me a big star
'Cause I can play the part so well
Well I hope you come and see me in the movie
Then I’ll know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that's ever hit the big time
And all I gotta do is act naturally
They're gonna make a big star out of me
We'll make a film about a man that's sad and lonely
And all I gotta do is act naturally
Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star
Might win an Oscar you can never tell
The movies' gonna make me a big star
'Cause I can play the part so well
Well I hope you come and see me in the movie
Then I’ll know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that's ever hit the big time
And all I gotta do is act naturally
We'll make the scene about a man that's sad and lonely
And begging down upon his bended knees
I'll play the part but I won't need rehearsing
All I have to do is act naturally
Well, I'll bet you I'm gonna be a big star
Might win an Oscar you can never tell
The movies' gonna make me a big star
'Cause I can play the part so well
Well I hope you come and see me in the movie
Then I’ll know that you will plainly see
The biggest fool that's ever hit the big time
And all I gotta do is act naturally
The version by Buck Owens and His Buckaroos, live in 1966:
Ringo Starr and His All Star Band, live in 2012:
