Directing movies, you wrote your own scripts You were a boom man and a camera grip You pioneered it, yeah, you dug your own graves And built your own crosses out of cardboard and nails
Down to the film set Saucers, spotters and flames
All you asked for Was a little acclaim But what they gave you Unfair kind of fame
You hired cheap actors But they gave you their best And you stayed proud And you believed in yourself
Down to the film set Saucers, plotters and planes
You left nothing to chance You learned that from playing chess