Biography:
Janis Ian (b. 1951) is a U.S. songwriter, singer, musician, columnist, and science fiction author. Her singing career was at its height in the 1960s and 1970s, and she has continued recording into the twenty-first century. In 1975 Ian won a Grammy Award for her song, "At Seventeen".
Born Janis Eddy Fink on 7th April 1951 to a Jewish family in New York City, she was primarily raised in New Jersey, initially on a farm, and attended East Orange High School and the New York City High School of Music & Art.
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
Am Am7/G D7sus2/F# G D6/F# Em
I was never one for singing what I really feel
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Except tonight I'm bringing everything I know that's real
[Chorus]
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Stars they come and go they come fast or slow
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They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
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And all you see is glory
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Hey but it gets lonely there when there's no one here to share
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We can shake it away if you'll hear a story
[Verse 2]
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People lust for fame like athletes in a game we break our collarbones
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and come up swinging some of us are downed
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some of us are crowned and some are lost and never found
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But most have seen it all they live their lives in sad cafes and music halls
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They always come up singing
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Some make it when they're young before the world has done its dirty job
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and later on someone will say You've had your day now you must make way
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But they'll never know the pain of living with a name you never owned
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or the many years forgetting what you know too well
[Bridge]
Em Em/D# Em/D
That the ones who gave the crown have been let down
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You try to make amends without defending
[Verse 3]
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Perhaps pretending you never saw the eyes of grown men of twenty-five
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that follow as you walk and ask for photographs
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Or kiss you on the cheek and you never can believe they really loved you
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Some make it when they're old
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Perhaps they have a soul they're not afraid to bare
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or perhaps there's nothing there
[Chorus]
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Stars they come and go they come fast or slow
E7 Am Am7/G
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
D7sus /F# D7sus /F#
And all you see is glory
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But most have seen it all they live their lives in sad cafes and music halls
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They always have a story
[Verse 4]
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Some women have a body men will want to see
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and so they put it on display
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Some people play a fine guitar I could listen to them play all day
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Some ladies really move across the stage and gee they sure can dance
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I guess I could learn how if I gave it half a chance
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But I always feel so funny when my body tries to soar
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And I seem to always worry about missing the next chord
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I guess there isn't anything to put up on display
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Except the tunes and whatever else I say
[Bridge]
Em Em/D# Em/D Em/C#
But anyway that isn't really what I meant to say
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I meant to tell a story I live from day to day
[Chorus]
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Stars they come and go they come fast or slow
E7 Am Am7/G
They go like the last light of the sun all in a blaze
D7sus2/F# D7/F#
And all you see is glory
G D6/F# Dm6/F E7 Am Am7/G
But most have seen it all they live their lives in sad cafes and music halls
D7sus /F#
And we always have a story
[Verse 5]
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So if you don't lose patience with my fumbling around
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I'll come up singing for you
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even when I'm down
[Outro]
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