ROCK STAR'S LAMENT
(Shel Silverstein / Fred Koller)


Bobby Bare -
recorded in November 1979
released in March 1980





I have pawned my golden records
I have sold my sequinned suits
For a bottle of rye whiskey
I gave up my fancy boots

Now I stand here on the corner
With a sad, sad tale to tell
Once a rock star, now a drunkard
With no song left to sell

I've a face you might remember
I've a voice you may recall
Twas that cold night in December
When we played Carnegie Hall

And I was smokin' marijuana
Singin' flat, but doin' well
Till I took my first drink of whiskey
Then started down the road to hell

(Instrumental Break)

I have pawned my golden records
I have sold my sequinned suits
For a bottle of rye whiskey
I gave up my fancy boots

Now I stand here on the corner
With a sad, sad tale to tell
Once a dopefiend, now a drunkard
With no song left to sell
Once a rock star, now a drunkard
With no song left to sell
With no song left to sell






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2012)