The Stars (Are Out Tonight)

Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living.

We live closer to the earth
Never to the heavens
The stars are never far away
Stars are out tonight.

They watch us from behind their shades
Brigitte, Jack and Kate and Brad
From behind their tinted window stretch
Gleaming like blackened sunshine.

Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living.

Waiting for the first move
Satyrs and their child wives
Waiting for the last move
Soaking up our primitive world.

Stars are never sleeping
Dead ones and the living.

Their jealousy's spilling down
The stars must stick together
We will never be rid of these stars
But I hope they live forever.

And they know just what we do
That we toss and turn at night
They're waiting to make their moves
For the stars are out tonight.

Here they are upon the stairs
Sexless and unaroused
They are the stars, they're dying for you
But I hope they live forever.

They burn you with their radiant smiles
Trap you with their beautiful eyes
They're broke and shamed or drunk or scared
But I hope they live forever.

Their jealousy's spilling down
The stars must stick together
We will never be rid of these stars
But I hope they live forever.

And they know just what we do
That we toss and turn at night
They're waiting to make their moves on us
But the stars are out tonight.

The stars are out tonight
The stars are out tonight.