Stars (Live at Montreux) - Nina Simone

[00:00.23]Stars they come and go they come fast they come slow
[00:06.15]They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
[00:12.19]And all you see is glory
[00:16.60]Hey but it gets lonely there when there's no one there to share
[00:24.25]We can shake it away if you'll hear a story
[00:40.05]People lust for fame like athletes in a game
[00:51.11]They break their collarbones and come up swinging
[00:57.17]Some of them are crowned
[00:59.88]Some of them are downed and some are lost and never found
[01:14.24]But most have seen it all
[01:21.13]They live their lives in sad cafes and music halls
[01:32.26]And they always have a story
[01:40.52]Some make it when they're young
[01:46.45]Before the world has done its dirty job
[01:52.22]And later on someone will say
[01:54.28]You've had your day now you must make way
[02:04.85]Don't they always
[02:07.21]But you'll never know the pain of using a name you never owned
[02:19.28]Years of forgetting what you know too well
[02:27.07]That you who gave the crown have been let down
[02:31.48]You try to make amends without defending
[02:44.14]Perhaps pretending you never saw the eyes of young men at twenty five
[03:03.88]That followed as you walk and asked for autographs
[03:10.51]Or kissed you on the cheek and you never can believe they really loved you
[03:23.54]Some make it when they're old
[03:31.86]Perhaps they have a soul they aren't afraid to bare
[03:43.06]Perhaps there's nothing there
[03:50.72]But anyway that isn't what I meant to say
[03:55.44]I meant to tell about a story
[03:58.35]Because we all have stories
[04:03.38]I can't remember it anyway
[04:07.74]So I'll tell about the mood that's in the United States today
[04:14.38]And permanenting even Switzerland
[04:18.77]It goes
[04:35.75]But I continue away until I get it together
[04:44.27]Some women have a body men will want to see
[04:52.27]And so they put it on display
[04:54.55]Some people play a fine guitar I could listen to them play all day
[05:10.01]But anyway I'm trying to tell my story
[05:21.51]Janis Ian told it very well
[05:28.02]Janis Joplin told it even better
[05:33.68]Billie holiday even told it even better
[05:40.52]We always we always we always have a story
[06:10.74]The latest story that I know is the one
[06:13.75]That I'm supposed to go out with
[06:17.25]The latest story that I know is the one
[06:20.32]That I'm supposed to go out with
[06:23.16]The latest story that I know is the one
[06:26.31]That I'm supposed to go out with
[06:28.79]The latest story that I know is the one
[06:31.75]That I'm supposed to go out with