Well, they told me to come on over
   I made my way to New York
   And they tried to have me deported
   Stop me from getting work
   Blacklisted me all over
   They were vicious and they were mean
   They were bigtime operators
   Baby, on the music business scene
  
   Oh, they looked like politicians
   But underneath they were thugs
   And they spread malicious rumours
   Threatened to have me busted for drugs
   They had nothing on me
   Oh man, I was really clean
   But they were bigtime operators
   On the music business scene
  
   They put a bug in my apartment
   To listen in on my calls
   I was looking for some motivation
   I couldn't find any, any motivation at all
   They were very desperate people
   Riding in long black limousines
   But they were bigtime operators
   On the music business scene
  
   They were glorified by the media
   They were heroes who had names
   They said that they would bury me
   If I didn't play their game
   They said I didn't know the score
   And that I was young and green
   They were bigame operators
   On the music business scene
  
   Tried to hold me to a phoney contract
   I said I didn't agree
   Had to get out of the clutches
   Had to go underground you see
   Now I'm living in another country
   But I know exactly just where I've been
   Stay away from bigtime operators
   Baby, on the music business scene
  
   Well, baby bigtime operators
   On the music business scene
   Oh baby, bigtime operators
   On the music business scene
   Well, full of names and places
   Baby, you know who I mean