Stars (Live at Montreux)

Stars (Live at Montreux) - Nina Simone (妮娜·西蒙)

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

Hey 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

They break their collarbones and come up swinging

Some of them are crowned

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

But most have seen it all

They live their lives in sad cafes 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

Don't they always

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

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 young men at twenty five

That followed as you walk and asked for autographs

Or kissed 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 aren't afraid to bare

Perhaps there's nothing there

But anyway that isn't what I meant to say

I meant to tell about a story

Because we all have stories

I can't remember it anyway

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

And permeating even Switzerland

It goes

But I continue away until I get it together

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

But anyway I'm trying to tell my story

Janis Jan 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'm supposed to go out with

The latest story that I know is the one

That I'm supposed to go out with

The latest story that I know is the one

That I'm supposed to go out with

The latest story that I know is the one

That I'm supposed to go out with