They're sweepin' up your street of dreams And your town of tinsel has rusted to a broken tin machine And all the ones that called your name Call for the next one to take your place while you fade away
You shoulda been kinder on your way up Now you've fallen down
Big time superstar Your autograph's worth nothing now What went up has surely come down Big time superstar You had it good, you had it all Where are you now?
Haunted by the ghost of you That no one remembers Replaced by something shiny, something new And the wheel keeps turning just the same I hope it was worth it The price of fame for ol' Whatshisname
Don't you know that they only built you up Just to knock you down
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You threw it all away Nothing lasts forever Life is short but life is long You threw them all away And the ones you thought that mattered Well, where are they now?