A Star, A Jewel, And A Hoax - John Prine

He’s a star

But he didn’t get as far

As those who idolized his ways and means

To prepare themselves

To be better human beings

Well they understood more than he had meant to say

In his day

But that’s okay

She’s a jewel

But her tactics are so cruel

And her past affairs smelled cheap

Like the perfume in her hair

She lives

Another life but not her own

On an imaginary throne

In the sky

She’s afraid to die

Great thoughts don’t come

To those who try to hard

To interpretate what’s going on

In the minds back yard

So I’ll leave

Lest you think that I’m a hoax

Like these other folks

In my song

Good-bye so long