Stars (Live – Montreux Jazz Festival 1976)

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

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

All you see is glory

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

You can shake it away, if you hear a story

People lust for fame like athletes in a game

We break their collarbones and come up swinging

Some of them are downed

Some are lost and never found

But most have seen it all

They live their lives in sad cafes and music halls

They always have a story

Some make it when they're young

Before world has done its dirty job

And later on someone will say

You've had your day, now you must make way

But you never know the pain of using a name you never owned

Years forgetting what you know too well

You who gave the crown have been let down

You try to make amends without defending

Pretending you never saw the eyes of young men in twenty-five

Who follow as you walk and ask for autographs

Kissed you on the cheek

You never could believe they really loved you

Some make it when they're old

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

Perhaps there's nothing there

And anyway that's not what i meant to say

I meant to tell about a story

Since we all have stories

But I can't remmeber it anyway

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

Permiating even Switzerland

It goes

But I'll continue anyway until I get it together

Some women have a body men will want to see

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

Janice 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'm supposed to go out with

And the latest story that I know is the one that I'm supposed to go out with

And the latest story that I know is the one that I'm supposed to go out with

And the latest story that I know is the one that I'm supposed to go out with