A thousand hands applaud tonight
I sing my songs my star shines bright
I stop and smile, I take by 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 girl
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.

