We Let the Stars Go

There was that girl I used to know

She'd tease me about my name

Fan the embers long enough

I sometimes catch her flame

The soothing voice of distance tells me

That was just a fling

Other music fills my ears

But I still hear her sing

She sings, "Paddy Joe! Say, Paddy Joe

Don't you remember me?

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Paddy Joe! Say, Paddy Joe

Don't you remember me?

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go free"

There was a boy I used to be

I guess that he was cold

If she came to buy him now

How cheaply he'd be sold

But the light is gone and it is dark

What used to be the sky

Is suddenly embarrassing

To the naked eye

"You see, Paddy Joe, see, Paddy Joe

Can't face this memory

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Paddy Joe, see, Paddy Joe

Can't face this memory

How long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Long ago one gorgeous night

We let the stars go

Long ago one stupid night

We let the stars go free"

(We let the stars go free

We let the stars go free)

We let the stars go free

We let the stars go free