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by David Bodoh
by David Bodoh
 | I Mean Business |  |
Elton John wrote this track for The Devil Wears Prada musical, and included his own
demo version on the West End Cast soundtrack album.
| Vocals, Composer: | Elton John |
| Producer: | Matt Still, Kim Bullard, Elton John |
| Keyboards: | Kim Bullard |
| Bass Guitar: | Matt Bissonette |
| lyrics: | Shaina Taub, Mark Sonnenblick |
Growing up across the Hudson I stared out of my window
Every night at the Manhattan skyline
Reading the Sunday Times with a light under the covers
I dreamed of having my own by-line
So I studied my butt off at Rutgers
Ran the student gazette and got my honors degree
I got a shoebox apartment in Bushwick
It can barely fit a futon but it worked for me
I'm ready to work, I'm hot off the press
I'm gonna write my own ticket to success
I gotta find my beat and show this city I mean business
Every night at the Manhattan skyline
Reading the Sunday Times with a light under the covers
I dreamed of having my own by-line
So I studied my butt off at Rutgers
Ran the student gazette and got my honors degree
I got a shoebox apartment in Bushwick
It can barely fit a futon but it worked for me
I'm ready to work, I'm hot off the press
I'm gonna write my own ticket to success
I gotta find my beat and show this city I mean business
chorus:
I mean business, oh yeah
I mean business, yes I do
I mean business New York City
I mean business, oh yeah
I mean business, yes I do
I mean business New York City
And I've worked, and I've worked my way back to you
I mean business, yes I do
I mean business New York City
I mean business, oh yeah
I mean business, yes I do
I mean business New York City
And I've worked, and I've worked my way back to you
Walking east on 42nd it's like all of a sudden
Every light is turning green for me now
I got my good luck notebook for my interview this morning
'Cause I'm a little boss to be now
Sure this magazine is only for fashion
But it'll cover my rent and get my foot in the door
And my brilliant adopting will soon be resulting
In monumental stories they cannot ignore
I'm ready to work, I'm hot off the press
I'm gonna write my own ticket to success
I'm gonna find my beat and show this city I mean business
Every light is turning green for me now
I got my good luck notebook for my interview this morning
'Cause I'm a little boss to be now
Sure this magazine is only for fashion
But it'll cover my rent and get my foot in the door
And my brilliant adopting will soon be resulting
In monumental stories they cannot ignore
I'm ready to work, I'm hot off the press
I'm gonna write my own ticket to success
I'm gonna find my beat and show this city I mean business
(repeat chorus)
By the time that I'm 24 The New Yorker will promote me
And before I turn 28 every late-night show will quote me
Pulitzer prize winner Andy Sachs
Exposing corruption and printing the facts
Like Gloria Steinem in her prime
Changing the world one page at a time
And before I turn 28 every late-night show will quote me
Pulitzer prize winner Andy Sachs
Exposing corruption and printing the facts
Like Gloria Steinem in her prime
Changing the world one page at a time
chorus:
I mean business, oh yeah
I mean business through and through
I mean business New York City
I mean business, oh yeah
Serious business through and through
So we're in business New York City
'Cause I, oh yes I, I've got work to do
I've got work to do
I've got work to do...
I mean business through and through
I mean business New York City
I mean business, oh yeah
Serious business through and through
So we're in business New York City
'Cause I, oh yes I, I've got work to do
I've got work to do
I've got work to do...
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