He's a star
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But he didn't get as far
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As those who idolized his ways and means
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To prepare themselves
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To be better human beings
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Well they understood more than he had meant to say
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In his day
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But that's O.K.
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She's a jewel
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But her tactics are so cruel
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And her past affairs smelled cheap
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Like the perfume in her hair
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She lives
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Another life but not her own
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On an imaginary throne
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In the sky
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She's afraid to die
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Great thoughts don't come
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To those who try to hard
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To interpretate what's going on
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In the minds back yard
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So I'll leave
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Lest you think that I'm a hoax
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Like these other folks
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In my song
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Good-bye so long
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A Star, A Jewel, And A Hoax
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John Prine |