Fame (What's your name?)

And the girls liked David Timor,
but I liked Johnny Pope,
whose guitar sounded like
he had razors for fingers.

David came from Acton and his
real name was Derek Smith
- but we're all our alter
egos, under the spotlight.

We lived for every cliché;
from the contract with a
salesman to the drummer's
death - in the Sheraton's loos.

It's true that no-one knows
the name of the bassist,
like in that film by Tom
Hanks - or in Dr Feelgood.

I carried all the cases for
the guitars and the drums,
played the boogie-woogie 'til
the salesman squirmed along.

Now David has investments,
Johnny Pope's a Mormon now,
the bassist's in their tribute band
- and the pianist is me.