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Mission of Burma
Signals, Calls, and Marches [Definitive Edition]
Fame and Fortune

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Mission of Burma

Fame and Fortune

Release date: 4th July 1981

From Signals, Calls, and Marches [Definitive Edition]

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About This Track

"Fame and Fortune" is a track by Mission of Burma, from the album Signals, Calls, and Marches [Definitive Edition], released 4th July 1981. Full lyrics are available below.

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Mission of Burma

Mission of Burma

Lyrics

Fame and Fortune

[Verse 1]

Fame and fortune, facts of life

Most of what makes it is useless tripe

So change the angle of the battle plan

To hit the target

[Verse 2]

Fame and fortune, fancy that

Nothing but rabbits come out of the hat

So try to catch a falling star

Crush it into dust and stuff it down a jar

And throw it far away

[Verse 3]

Now the point is back to front

See-through people

See-through monuments

No empire

[Bridge]

The beginning

At the ending

The beginning

At the ending

The beginning (One goes up)

At the ending (One goes down)

The beginning (One goes up)

At the ending (One goes down)

[Verse 4]

Hey!

Smash a face against the wall

Grind a face into the ground, oh no

Pretty faces on the wall, they fall

[Verse 5]

Heat to boiling, disappear in the sky

Slash the ashes and bake into a pie

(Pretty faces on the ground)

Oh no, no, no

[Chorus]

Fame and fortune is a stupid game and

Fame and fortune is the game I play

Fame and fortune is a stupid game and

Fame and fortune is the game I play

Fame and fortune is a stupid game and (Fame and fortune)

Fame and fortune is the game I play (Fame and fortune)

Fame and fortune is a stupid game and (Fame and fortune)

Fame and fortune is the game I play

I play forever

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Track details

From Signals, Calls, and Marches [Definitive Edition]

1981

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: Roger Miller (Rock)
Producer: Richard W. Harte