I sing my songs    my star shines bright 
 I stop and smile   I take my bow 
 I leave the stage and then somehow 
  
 Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry 
 You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little 
  
 Out on that stage    I play the star 
 I'm famous now   I've come so far 
 A famous fool   I let love go 
 I didn't know I'd miss you so 
  
 Backstage I'm lonely, backstage I cry 
 Hating myself since I let you say goodbye 
  
 Every night a different room 
 Every night a different club 
 And yet I'm lonely all the time 
 When I sign my autograph 
 When I hold an interview 
 Can't get you out of my mind 
  
 Come back my love   come back to me 
 I need you now   so desperately 
 What good is fame   it's just a game 
 I'd give it all to be the same 
  
 Backstage I wait now, hoping I'll see 
 Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me 
 Your smiling face waiting backstage for me 
 Backstage 
 Backstage