C
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
F          G        C
Stuck in a Superman role
           Am          Em
I've got a long way to go in my career
    Am         Em
And someday my fame will make it clear
     D        G         C     G
That I had to be a Superman

[Verse 1]
   F                       C
He came from another place deep in his mind
   Am                    G
As far as the planets in space
   F                  C
As galaxy's mysteries start to unwind
     D                         G
Some changes are bound to take place
       Am                 Em
Though gravity constantly weighs on my travels
   Am                  Em
My mission is close to adrift
       Am                      Em
Though I can be strong when my power unravels
  D                       G
I still come to you for a lift

[Chorus]
C
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
F          G        C
Stuck in a Superman role
           Am          Em
I've got a long way to go in my career
    Am         Em
And someday my fame will make it clear
     D        G         C     G
That I had to be a Superman

[Verse 2]
  F                      C
I know I can fly when my plane hits the sky
    Am                        G
I believe I've got nothing to lose
    F                       C
But when I'm alone with the bed and the phone
          D                   G
I get the terminal metropolis blues
  Am                      Em
I flew to the coast where Superman's Ghost
    Am                  Em
Lay shot on the bedroom floor
         Am                  Em
He said "Watch out for TV it crucified me
       D                   G
But it can't crucify me no more."

[Chorus]
C
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
F          G        C
Stuck in a Superman role
           Am          Em
I've got a long way to go in my career
    Am         Em
And someday my fame will make it clear
     D        G         C     G
That I had to be a Superman

[Verse 3]
     F                            C
"I'm red white and blue, I've got justice to do
        Am                  G
I'm the man of your fantasy dreams
           F                 C
But I'm an alien man from an alien land
      D                      G
Who's alive on your orthicon screens
  Am                            Em
I once ruled the world and when flags were unfurled
     Am                         Em
I performed for you live not on tape
        Am                   Em
But the public is cruel when played for a fool
       D                      G
As you see by the blood on my cape."

[Chorus]
C
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
F          G        C
Stuck in a Superman role
           Am          Em
I've got a long way to go in my career
    Am         Em
And someday my fame will make it clear
     D        G         C     G
That I had to be a Superman

[Verse 4]
        F                 C
"Well I never was real or stronger than steel
      Am                  G
I'm a figment of Freudian need
        F                 C
And the video screen is a psychotic scene
         D                         G
And it's all done with mirrors and green
   Am                     Em
My agent just called, the talks have been stalled
  Am                           Em
I soon will be pulled from the air
        Am                    Em
But the image persists in the video mists
       D                      G
That a Superman still will be there!"

[Chorus]
C
I don't want to be like old George Reeves
F          G        C
Stuck in a Superman role
           Am          Em
I've got a long way to go in my career
    Am         Em
And someday my fame will make it clear
     D        G         C     G
That I had to be a Superman