Let me sing you a song about Vegas town And poor old Howard Hughes Locked up there in his hotel suite Tryin to find his shoes Well hes got so much to lose How bout Howard Hughes and all his blues His nurses and his chauffeurs All stand around and sigh Watch the door and wait on him Whatevers on his mind Thats a hell of a lot to do To guard old Howard Hughes and all his blues If he didnt have a nickel If he didnt have a dime He could do whatever he damn well please He could do it all the time But success is just a mess of overdues For old Howard Hughes and all of his blues Well hes always in the papers Hes always on the news No one knows whos usin who Or even whats the truth Now whos getting screwed Is if its them or you know who And all his blues You might also likeAnd way down younder on the Vegas strip Where the regular people pass Someone said hes not too well Heard hes sinkin fast But thats unofficial sources to the news About poor old Howard Hughes and all of his blues If he didnt have a nickel If he didnt have a dime He could do whatever he damn well please He could do it all the time Success is just a mess of overdues For poor old Howard Hughes and all of his blues Now everybodys writin their books about him Some of them are awful long Didnt really have all that much time So I thought Id just write this song Gotta get me in a few licks too About poor old Howard Hughes and all his blues If he didnt have a nickel If he didnt have a dime He could do whatever he damn well please He could do it all the time Success is just a mess of overdues For poor old Howard Hughes and all of his blues
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