Barry Manilow He's a Star song lyrics

It really doesn't matter if he suffered all he claims

You know he started somewhere and he found his way to fame

And feeding on the lonely crowd, he finally belongs

A power by the microphone he sings his troubled songs

He's a star

No one can tell him anymore

He'll ride as far

As the road can go

And what it costs, he oughta know

He said he'd do it

He's a star

They're hangin' on his music as it fills the concert hall

And he's teasin' them with moments, when you think he'll give it all

But he's holdin' back the total, 'cause that's how he works the spell

Yeah, he likes to leave 'em hungry, yeah he loves to hear 'em yell!

'Cause he's a star

No one can tell him anymore

He'll ride as far

As the road can go

And what it costs, he oughta know

He said he'd do it

He's a star

And finally, the wild applause that cleans his soul and saves

He's left with no companions, only enemies and slaves

He's scared again the show was slow, he felt it fall behind

Tomorrow night's already raising riot in his mind

But he's a star

No one can tell him anymore

He'll ride as far

As the road can go

And what it costs, he oughta know

He said he'd do it

He's a star