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