Stars

I was never one for singing what I really feel

Except tonight, I'm bringing everything I know that's real

Stars, they come and go, they come fast, they come slow

They go like the last light of the sun, all in a blaze

And all you see is glory

But it gets lonely there when there's no one there to share

We can shake it away

If you'll hear a story

People lust for fame, like athletes in a game

We break our collarbones and come up swinging

Some of them are crowned

Some of them are downed, some are lost and never found

But most have seen it all

They live their lives in sad cafés and music halls

And they always have a story

Some make it when they're young

Before the world has done its dirty job

And later on someone will say

You've had your day

Now you must make way

But they'll never know the pain of using a name you never owned

Or the years of forgetting what you know too well

That you who gave the crown have been let down

You try to make amends without defending

Perhaps pretending

You never saw the eyes of a young man of twenty-five

That follow as you walk and asks for autographs

Or kiss you on the cheek

And you never could believe they really loved you, never

Some make it when they're old

(Perhaps they have a soul, they're not afraid to bare

Or perhaps there's nothing there)

But anyway, that isn't what I meant to say

I meant to tell about a story, since we all have stories

But I can't remember it anyway

So I'll tell you about the mood that is in the United States today

And permeating even Switzerland, is goes

But I'll continue it anyway, until I get it together

Some women have a body men would want to see

And so they put it on display

Some people play a fine guitar

I could listen to them play all day

But anyway, I'm trying to tell my story

Janis Ian told it very well

Janis Joplin told it even better

Billie Holiday even told it even better

We always, we always

We always have a story

The latest story that I know, is the one that I was supposed to go out with

And the latest story that I know, is the one that I was supposed to go out with