Una letra que demuestra perfectamente como Michael se sentía ya después del éxito de Thriller, y su alejamiento de los medios antes de la publicación de Bad.
Price of Fame
I took my baby on a river boat cruise
And she was well aware
I was excited about the way the things could've been
As in if I don't care
I want a face no one can recognize, in disguise
Someone called out my name
They thought of taking pictures, autographs, then they grab
My joy had turned to pain
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
If you're reaching for fortune and fame
I feel the pressure setting in
I'm living just to win
I'm down in my pain
Don't you feelin' no pain
It's the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
So don't be feelin' no pain
It's the price of fame
It's the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
I am a cover of a magazine, what a scene
They know my every do's
Just sign your name on the dotted line, you'll be fine
That always bothers me
Get in your car, you wanna take a ride, look behind
Someone is following you
You try to get away you turn with that, but too bad
They know your every move
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
If you're reaching for fortune and fame
And I feel the pressure setting in
I'm living just to win
I bleed in all this pain
Don't you ever complain
It's the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
It's the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
So don't be feelin' no pain
It's the price of fame (price of fame)
You pay the price of fame (price of fame)
Father never lies
My father never lies (price of fame)
My father never lies (price of fame)
So don't be feelin' this way, boy
(Hee-Hee)
(Aow!)
(Do it)
(Hoo)
I like to take sometime and get away, then they'll say
Is that boy still alive?
The weak that really started taking pills, what a thrill
Only the strong survive
Father always told me
You won't live a quiet life
They start to wonderin' where have you been
I feel their envious looks at me
Their mistaken jealousy
Then stand here in my shoes
And get addict of my blues
It's the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
It's the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
So don't be feelin' this way
It's the price of fame
You pay the price of fame
So don't you ever complain
In the price of fame (Price of fame)
You pay the price of fame (Price of fame)
My father never lies (Price of fame)
My father never lies, baby
My father never lies (Price of fame)
So don't be feelin' no pain, boy
