Elvis Costello - For The Stars lyrics

The stars were so much brighter then,

They dim and die,

So why pretend

The sky goes on forever:

But if they fade as science teaches,

Poets lose the power of speech.

Waste paper, ink and feather.

If I'd taken up the trumpet

As I should have done,

Then I wouldn't be

Always losing sleep,

While I'm trying to make this rhyme.

For the stars

Were so much,

They were so much brighter then.

If I couldn't put a price on your head,

What's the use of me trying

For the stars?

The morning comes, the days are

Just the time between

Until the dusk,

When we can be together,

If I'd taken up the drums

And I could play in time,

If I had the power,

Would I be wond'ring how,

I'm ever going to write this down.

For the stars

Were so much,

They were so much brighter then.

If I couldn't put a price on your head,

Then what's the use of me trying

For the stars?