Elvis Costello For The Stars Lyrics

For The Stars Lyrics

The stars were so much brighter then, 

They dim and die, 

So why pretend 

The sky goes on forever: 

But if they fade as science teaches, 

Poets lose the power of speech. 

Waste paper, ink and feather. 



If I'd taken up the trumpet 

As I should have done, 

Then I wouldn't be 

Always losing sleep, 

While I'm trying to make this rhyme. 



For the stars 

Were so much, 

They were so much brighter then. 

If I couldn't put a price on your head, 

What's the use of me trying 

For the stars? 



The morning comes, the days are 

Just the time between 

Until the dusk, 

When we can be together, 



If I'd taken up the drums 

And I could play in time, 

If I had the power, 

Would I be wond'ring how, 

I'm ever going to write this down. 



For the stars 

Were so much, 

They were so much brighter then. 

If I couldn't put a price on your head, 

Then what's the use of me trying 

For the stars?