Stars/Feelings Songtext
von Nina Simone

Stars, they come and go
They come fast, they come slow 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 there 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 crowned
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

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
Or the years 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 25
Who follow as you walk, ask for autographs
Kissed you on the cheek
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
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 about the mood that's in the United States today
And permeating even Switzerland
It goes...

But I′ll continue 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'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

Feelings
Nothing more than feelings
Feelings
Nothing more than feelings
Feelings of love, you know that?

Teardrops falling down on my face
Trying to forget my feelings of love

Feelings
For all my life I′ll feel it
I wish I've never seen it
It can′t possibly come again

Feelings, come on
Woa-woa-woa-woa, feelings
Woa-woa-woa, feelings
Again in my arms

Feelings
Feelings that I've never met you
Feelings that I′ve never even saw you
Again in my heart

Feelings
I swear all my life I feel it
I wish I never lived this long
I hope this feeling never come again

Feelings
Feelings like I've never lost you
And feelings like I've never really had you
Here in my arms

Come on, let′s hit the climax
Feelings, you know the song, come on
Woa-woa-woa-woa, feelings
Woa-woa-woa, feelings
Again in my arms

Feelings
Woa-woa, feelings
I′m not gonna let you go so soon
I'm so embarassingly soft
So let′s please, that chorus

Feelings
Woa-woa-woa, feelings
Woa-woa-woa, feelings
Again in my arms

Feelings
Woa-woa-woa, feed me, feed me, feed me
Woa-woa-woa, feelings
Again in my arms

Here in my heart
You'll aways stay
Here in my heart
No matter what the words may say
You will stay here in my heart
No matter what the day
You will stay here in my heart
No matter what they say
No matter what they compose or do
No matter what the drugs may do
Or songs may do or people may do
Or machines will do to you

I will always have my feelings
Nothing can destroy that
′Cause I know that there is all that is

For you

Good night