If I Never Sing Another Song

The audience treated him kindly But nobody shouted for more These days, you don't read much about him No star on his dressing room door I went backstage to see him No crowds to stand in my way He didn't look sad, no he didn't look sad But he had something he wanted to say  In my heyday, young girls wrote to me Everybody seemed to have time to devote to me Everyone I saw all swore they knew me Once upon a song Main attraction, couldn't buy a seat The celebrity celebrities were dying to meet I've had every accolade bestowed on me And so you see If I never sing another song It shouldn't bother me I've had my share of fame You know my name If I never sing another song Or take another bow I would get by, but I'm not sure how Always posing, but you love it all Though you have to learn to act like you're above it all Everything I did the world applauded Once upon a star Framed citations hang on every wall Got a scrapbook full of quotes, I can't recall it all There were times I felt the world belonged to me And so you see If I never sing another song It shouldn't bother me I've had my share of fame You know my name If I never sing another song Or take another bow Life would go on, but I'm not sure how