Stars
Nina Simone

Nina Simone

Stars

(Janis Ian)


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 or slow

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

And all you see is glory

Hey but it gets lonely there when there's no one here 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 us are downed

Some of us are crowned, and some are lost and never found

But most have seen it all,

They live their lives in sad cafes and music halls

They always come up singing


Some make it when they're young,

Before the world has done it's 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 living with a name you never owned

Or the many years forgetting what you know too well

That the ones who gave the crown have been let down

You try to make amends without defending

Perhaps pretending you never saw the eyes of grown men of twenty-five

That follow as you walk and ask for autographs

Or kiss you on the cheek and you never can believe they really loved you

Some make it when they're old

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

Or perhaps there's nothing there)


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 most have seen it all,

They live their lives in sad cafes and music halls

They always have a story


Some women have a body men will want to see

And so they put it on display

Some people play a fine guitar, I could listen to them play all day

Some ladies really move across the stage and gee, they sure can dance

I guess I could learn how, if I gave it half a chance


But I always feel so funny when my body tries to soar

And I seem to always worry about missing the next chord

I guess there isn't anything to put up on display

Except the tunes, and whatever else I say

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

I meant to tell a story, I live from day to day


Stars, they come and go, they're coming fast they come slow

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

And all you see is glory

But most have seen it all,

Who live their lives in sad cafes and music halls

And we always have a story


So if you don't lose patience with my fumbling around

I'll come up singing for you, even when I'm down


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Lyrics by Nina Simone

  (I Loves You) Porgy   A Single Woman   About You   African Mailman [DVD]   After You've Gone   After You've Gone   Ain't Got No   Ain't Got No (I Got Life)   Ain't Got No, I Got Life (live London, 1968)   Ain't Got No/i Got Life   Ain't Got No\/i Got Life   Ain't No Use   Ain't Got No/i Got Life   Ain't No Use   Ain’t Got No I Got Life (From Hair) (Single Vers...   Alone Again   Alone Again (Naturally)   Alone Again Naturally   Angel Of The Morning   Another Spring   Assignment Sequence   Backlash Blues   Backlash Blues (2005 Remix)   Backlash Blues [DVD]   Backlash Blues [Live]   Ballad Of Hollis Brown   Balm In Gilead   Baltimore   Baubles, Bangles And Beads   Be My Husband   Be My Husband [Album Version (Stereo)]   Beautiful Land   Black Is The Color   Black is The Color of My True Love's Hair   Black Is The Color Of My True Love's Hair   Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair (Sound...   Black Is the Color of My True Loves Hair   Black Is the Colour   Black Is the Colour of My True Love's Hair   Black Swan   Blackbird   Blue Prelude   Blue Skies   Blues For Mama   Blues for Porgy   Break Down And Let It All Out   Break Down and Let It All Out [Album Version]   Break Down and Let It Out   Brown Baby   Brown Baby [Live]   Brown Eyed Handsome Man   Brown Eyed Handsome Man [Album Version]   Buck   But Beautiful   Bye Bye Blackbird   Bye Bye Blackbird [Live]   Can't Get Out of This Mood   Can't Get Out Of This Mood   Cant Get Out of This Mood   Cherish   Children Go Where 1 Send You   Children Go Where 1 Send You – Alternate   Children Go Where I Send You   Children Go Where I Send You [Live]   Chilly Winds Don't Blow   Chilly Winds Don't Blow   Chilly Winds Don’t Blow   Com' By H'yere   Com' By H'yere   Come On Back Jack   Come Ye   Compassion   Consummation   Cotton Eyed Joe   Cotton Eyed Joe [Live]   Dambala   Day And Night   Desperate Ones   Do I Move You   Do I Move You (Version II)   Do I Move You [Version II]   Do I Move You? (Version II)   Do I Move You? [Second Version][*]   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me   Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me   Do What You Gotta Do   Don't Explain   Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood   Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood (Stereo)   Don't Smoke in Bed   Don't You Pay Them No Mind   Don't Explain   Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood   Don't Smoke In Bed   Don't You Pay Them No Mind   Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood (Remastered)   Don’t Smoke in Bed   Either Way I Lose   End Of The Line   Erets Zavat Chalav   Everyone's Gone To the Moon   Everyone's Gone To The Moon   Everything Must Change   Everytime We Say Goodbye   Exactly Like You   Exactly Like You [Live]   Falling In Love Again   Falling in Love Again (Can't Help It)   Feeling Good   Fine & Mellow   Fine & Mellow   Fine And Mellow   Fine and Mellow [Live]   Fodder in Her Wings   Folks Who Live On The Hill   For A While   For All We Know   For All We Know [DVD]   For Myself   Forbidden Fruit   Forget   Four Women   Four Women [DVD][Live][#]   Funkier Than a Mosquito's Tweeter   Funkier Than A Mosquito's Tweeter   Gal From Joe's   Gal From Joe's   Gimme A Pigfoot   Gimme a Pigfoot (And a Bottle of Beer)   Gimme Some   Gin House Blues   Give Me a Pigfoot & A Bottle of Beer   Glory of Love   Go Limp   Go To Hell   Go to Hell [Mowo Remix]   God, God, God   Handcuffed to a Fence in Mississippi   He Ain't Comin' Home No More   He Ain't Comin' Home No More   He Aint Coming Home No More   He Needs Me   He Needs Me [Gramophonedzie Remix]   He Was Too Good To Me   He's Got The Whole World in His Hand   He's Got The Whole World In His Hands   He's Got The Whole World In His Hands   He’s Got the Whole World in His Hands   Here Comes The Sun   Hey, Buddy Bolden   House Of The Rising Sun   House of the Rising Sun [DVD][Live][#]   How Long Must I Wander   Human Touch, The   Hush, Little Baby   I Am Blessed   I Am Blessed [Album Version - Mono]   I Am Blessed [Version]   I Can't See Nobody   I Can't See Nobody   I Can’t See Nobody   I Don’t Want Him Anymore   I Get Along Without You Very Well (Except Sometime...   I Get Along Without You Wery Well   I Get Along Without You Wery Well (Except Sometime...   I Got It Bad   I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)   I Got It Bad (And That Ain’t Good)   I Hold No Grudge   I Like The Sunrise   I Love To Love   I Love Your Lovin' Ways   I Love Your Lovin' Ways   I Loves You Porgy   I Loves You Porgy [DVD][Live][#]   I Loves You Porgy [Live]   I Loves You Porgy [Mees Dierdorp Remix]   I Loves You, Porgy [Live at the Newport Jazz Festi...   I Loves Your Porgy   I Put A Spell On You   I Put a Spell on You [Album Version]   I Shall Be Released   I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive   I Sing Just To Know That I'm Alive   I Think It's Going to Rain Today   I Think It's Going To Rain Today   I Think It’s Going to Rain Today   I Want A Little In My Bowl   I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl   I Want a Little Sugar in My Bowl [Enhanced Stereo]...   I Wish I Knew   I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free   I'll Look Around   I'm Going Back Home   I'm Gonna Leave You   I'll Look Around   I'm Going Back Home   I'm Gonna Leave You   I’ll Look Around   If He Changed My Name   If He Had Changed My Name   If I Should Lose You   If You Knew   If You Knew \/ Let It Be Me   Il N'y A Pas d'Amour Hereaux   Il N'y A Pas D'amour Heureux   Il N'y A Pas D'amour Hereaux   Images   In The Dark   In The Evening By The Moonlight   In The Morning   Isn't It A Pity   Isn't It A Pity   It Be's That Way Sometime   It Be's That Way Sometime   It Be’s That Way Sometime   It Don't Mean A Thing   It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)   It Don't Mean A Thing   It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got T...   It Don’t Mean a Thing   It Might As Well Be Spring   It Might as Well Be Spring [*]   It's Cold Out Here   It's Cold Out Here   Jelly Roll   July Tree   Just In Time   Just Like A Woman   Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues   Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues   Just Say 1 Love Him   Just Say I Love Him   Keeper Of The Flame   Lass Of The Low Country   Last Rose Of Summer   Laziest Gal In Town   Let It Be Me   Let It Be Me [Live][#]   Lilac Wine   Lilac Wine (The Album Leaf Remix)   Little Girl Blue   Little Girl Blue [Maestro Remix]   Little Liza Jane   Little Liza Jean   Lonesome Cities   Look Of Love   Love In Vain   Love Me Or Leave Me   Love Me or Leave Me [Album Version]   Love Me or Leave Me [DVD][Live][#]   Love Me Or Leave Me [Gabriel & Castellon And Maest...   Love O' Love   Love O'Love   Love O'love   Love's Been Good To Me   Love's Been Good To Me   Man With A Horn   Marriage Is For Old Folks   Marry Me   Memphis In June   Merry Mending   Milestones [DVD][Instrumental]   Mississippi Goddam   Mississippi Goddam [DVD]   Mississippi Goddam [Stereo][Live]   Mood Indigo   Mood Indigo [Renegades of Jazz Remix]   Moon Over Alabama   More I See You   More I See You, The   Mr. Bojangles   Mr. Bojangles [Live]   Mr. Smith   Music For Lovers   My Baby Just Cares For Me   My Baby Just Cares for Me [Alternate Take]   My Baby Just Cares for Me [DVD][Live]   My Baby Just Cares for Me [The Reflex Edit]   My Father   My Man's Gone Now   My Man’s Gone Now   My Way   Ne Me Quitte Pas   Ne Me Quitte Pas (If You Go Away)   Near To You   Nearer Blessed Lord   New World Coming   Night Song   Night Song (From Golden Boy)   No Good Man   No Opportunity Necessary No Experience Needed   No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Neede   No Opportunity Necessary, No Experience Needed   Nobody   Nobody Knows When You’re Down   Nobody Knows You When You Are Down and Out   Nobody Knows You when You're Down & Out   Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out   Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out   Nobody Knows You When Youre Down   Nobody's Fault but Mine   Nobody’s Fault But Mine   O - O - H Child   O-O-H Child   O-o-h Child (Nickodemus Remix)   O-O-H Child [Mix]   Obeah Woman   Old Jim Crow   On The Twelfth Of Never, That's A Long Long Time   One September Day   Ooh Child   Other Woman   Our Love   Our Love (Will See Us Through)   Our Love (Will See Us Through) [Stereo]   Papa, Can You Hear Me?   Pirate Jenny   Plain Gold Ring   Plain Gold Ring [Fab Samperi Remix]   Plain Gold Ring [Mop Mop Rework]   Please Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood   Please Read Me   Please Read Me [Live]   Poppies   Porgy   Porgy [DVD]   Porgy, I Is Your Woman Now   Pusher   Rags & Old Iron   Rags And Old Iron   Real Real   Return Home   Revolution   Revolution (part 1)   Revolution [DVD][Live][#]   Revolution [Live]   Rich Girl   Satin Doll   Save Me   Sea Lion Woman   See - Line Woman   See-Line Woman   Seems I'm Never Tired Loving You   Seems I'm Never Tired of Lovin' You   Seems I'm Never Tired Of Lovin' You   Seems I’m Never Tired Lovin’ You   Silver City Bound   Since I Fell For You   Since I Fell for You [DVD]   Since My Love Has Gone   Single Woman   Sinner Man   Sinnerman   Sinnerman (The Thomas Crown Affair)   Sinnerman [Album Version (Stereo)]   Sinnerman [Mono Version]   Sinnerman Mix   Solitaire   Solitaire [*]   Solitude   Someone To Watch Over Me   Something To Live For   Spring Is Here   Stompin' At the Savoy   Stompin' At The Savoy   Stop   Strange Fruit   Sugar In My Bowl   Summertime   Summertime [Live At Town Hall] [Live][Instrumental...   Summertime [Vocals]   Sunday In Savannah   Suzanne   Suzanne (Remastered)   Take Care Of Business   Take Me To The Water   Take Me to the Water [Album Version]   Take My Hand Precious Lord   Tell It Like It Is   Tell Me More & More & then Some More   Tell Me More And More And Then Some   Tell Me More And More And Then Some More   That's All   That's All I Ask   That's All I Want from You   That's Him Over There   That's All   That's All I Ask   That's All I Want From You   That's Him Over There   That’s Him Over There   The Assignment Song   The Ballad of Hollis Brown   The Desperate Ones   The Gal From Joe's   The Gal from Joe’s   The Glory of Love   The Glory Of Love (Previously Unreleased)   The Look of Love [DVD]   The Look of Love [Madison Park vs. Larry B Remix]   The Look of Love [Madison Park vs. Lenny B. Remix]   The Pusher [Live]   The Time Is Now   The Times They Are A-Changin'   The Times They Are A-Changin’   The Turning Point   Theme from 'Middle of the Night'   Theme from 'Sanson and Delilah'   Theme from 'Sayonara'   Theme from \"Middle of the Night\"   Theme from & Quot;Middle of The Night & Qu...   This Year's Kisses   Thrill Is Gone   Thulasizwe/I Shall Be Released   Thulasizwe\/I Shall Be Released   Times They Are A Changin'   Times They Are A Changing   To Be Young, Gifted & Black   To Be Young, Gifted And Black   To Be Young, Gifted and Black [DVD][Live][#]   To Love Somebody   To Love Somebody [DVD]   To Love Somebody [Live]   Tomorrow   Tomorrow (We Will Meet Once More)   Tomorrow Is My Turn   Trouble in Mind [Live]   Trouble in The Mind   Turn Me On   Turn Me On [Tony Humphries Got U Turned on Dub]   Turn Me On [Tony Humphries Mix]   Turn! Turn! Turn!   Turning Point   Twelfth of Never   Under The Lowest   Westwind   What More Can I Say   When I Was a Young Girl   Where Can I Go Without You   Who Am I?   Who Knows Where The Time Goes   Who Knows Where the Time Goes? [Live]   Why Keep On Breaking My Heart   Why?   Why? (The King of Love Is Dead)   Why? (The King of Love Is Dead) [Unedited Version]   Wild Is The Wind   Wild Is the Wind [Stereo][Live]   Will I Find My Love Today   Willow Weep For Me   Work Song   Work Song [Album Version]   You   You Better Know It   You Can Have Him   You Can Have Him (I Don't Want Him)   You Can Have Him [Live]   You Took My Teeth   You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To   You'll Never Walk Alone   You've Been Gone Too Long   You've Got to Learn   You’d Be So Nice to Come Home to   You’ll Never Walk Alone   You’ve Been Gone Too Long   Young Knight   Young, Gifted & Black

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