It's Midnight and I'm Not Famous Yet

It`s Midnight And I`m Not Famous Yet

By: Jimmy Buffett, Steve Goodman

1981

For Barry Hanah

Catch the elevator from the penthouse suite

And take it down to the casino

The god-almighty sound of money movin` round

Can be heard all the way to Reno

Chorus:

Well it`s midnight and I`m not famous yet

Tryin` to win it all with one more bet

Nothin` can stop my thirty-two hop

Or my ten dollar yo yo yo

It`s midnight, I`m just gettin` ready to roll

(Midnight)

Now Lester Polyester signs another marker

Like the high rollers do

Seven come eleven

His brand new baby needs Gucci shoes

Chorus:

Well it`s midnight she`s not famous yet

Tryin` to break the bank with one more bet

Nothin` can stop my thirty-two hop

Or my ten dollar yo yo yo

It`s midnight, Lester`s gettin` ready to roll

Midnight (midnight)

Midnight

(instrumental)

(Midnight)

They`re pagin` someone we know, Lester hits a keno

He`s not leavin` yet

Vacuum cleaners hummin` lounge act still is strummin`

It`s their twenty-fourth set

Well it`s midnight they`re not famous yet

Tryin` to win it all with one more bet

Nothin` can stop my thirty-two hop

Or my ten dollar yo yo yo

It`s midnight, got nowhere to go (Oh oh)

Midnight (midnight)

(Oh oh oh)

Midnight (midnight)

(Oh oh oh, Midnight)

(Oh oh oh, Midnight)

(Oh oh oh, Midnight)

(Oh oh oh)

- Notes:

Lead Guitar by Josh Leo