| I still remember my first job taking orders at the restaurant
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| Singing on Sundays in the church choir, playing Fridays at the local club
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| I wasn’t sleeping much and making next to nothing
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| No one even knew my name
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| But I was having fun, it ain’t hard when you love it
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| I was never in it for the fame
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| Because it’s not about the paycheck
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| I’m in it for the love of the game
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| And I will never take a rain check
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| If you wanna win you’ve gotta play
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| You know it’s not about the paycheck
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| Oh, but tell me where to sign my name
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| I still remember the first time I was singing to a sold out crowd (How's
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| everybody doing tonight?)
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| I had a sea of people to play for, but I just wanted to make my Momma proud
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| Still wasn’t sleeping much, but I was making something
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| People started knowing my name
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| I was just having fun, it ain’t hard when you love it
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| I was never in it for the fame
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| Because it’s not about the paycheck
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| I’m in it for the love of the game (Yes I am)
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| And I will never take a rain check
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| If you wanna win you’ve gotta play |
| Hey, hey, hey
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| You know it’s not about the paycheck
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| Oh, but tell me where to sign my name
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| I sang for millions of people, had my face on every TV screen (Have you seen it?
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| But I still sing in the choir cause there ain’t no place I’d rather be
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| You see it’s not about the paycheck
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| I’m in it for the love of the game
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| And I won’t ever take a rain check
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| If you wanna win you’ve gotta play
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| Because it’s not about the paycheck
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| I’m in it for the love of the game
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| And I will never take a rain check
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| If you wanna win you’ve gotta play, Nah-a-a
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| You know it’s not about the paycheck
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| But tell me where to sign my name
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| Hey, hey, hey
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| You know it’s not about the paycheck
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| But tell me where to sign my name |