Song About A Star

* * capo 2 * * G he cut your strings so that he could float D - lit by lights , lifted by alcohol Am - over acres of loving coast , C D far away from your lonely ghost . G now hes cool and all , D floating anchorless . ports of call : Am where its fabulous , after all C D of this watching himself just crawl . Em A C G think you see him? D hes not there , Am thats just light C thats not yet dead . Em A C G wait two hours D Am and watch whatll be there instead . G was he small and cold , D like a ring you call up from home , Am held so tightly his limbs went numb , C D worn away between your finger and thumb? G well , now hes bought and sold . D cry his call number down the phone , Am he cant hear you hes on his float , C D waving down to the folks at home . Em A C G think you see him? D hes not there , Am thats just light C thats not yet dead . Em A C G wait two hours D Am and watch whatll be there instead . Em D C Am as the cameras love all of his faces , G Em D C they hide all the traces of you in his heart . Em G C Am stand in line to hold forth on his grace , Em Am but you wont even get a head - start , C D get a head start G D Am C D G D Am C D G as his close - up comes D cascading down from above , Am the eyes of a nation in love C are looking on all of their hopes D held up . G and the words that some D screenwriter counted and chose , Am and then set in their sequence and froze , C unfreeze on his tongue as he speaks D for all of us G but one . D and honey , hes gone . Am and baby , hes everyones . C D in the dark sky tonight , G cast your eyes D on the dim light Am that he will become . C D youre like everyone Em A C G who thinks they see him D hes not there , Am thats just light C thats not yet dead . Em A C G wait two hours D Am and watch whatll be there instead .