"Backstage" by Gene Pitney

A thousand hands    applaud tonight
I sing my songs    my star shines bright
I stop and smile   I take my bow
I leave the stage and then somehow

Backstage Im lonely, backstage I cry
Youve gone away and each night I seem to die a little

Out on that stage    I play the star
Im famous now   Ive come so far
A famous fool   I let love go
I didnt know Id miss you so

Backstage Im lonely, backstage I cry
Hating myself since I let you say goodbye

Every night a different room
Every night a different club
And yet Im lonely all the time
When I sign my autograph
When I hold an interview
Cant get you out of my mind

Come back my love   come back to me
I need you now   so desperately
What good is fame   its just a game
Id give it all to be the same

Backstage I wait now, hoping Ill see
Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
Your smiling face waiting backstage for me