I was taking my pleasure in a bar i called home

When an old friend appeared at the door

He was filled with bad whiskey, so he didn't see me

As he stumbled the sawdust filled floor



He was famous for filling our halls with his songs

Till the words and the music ran dry

Soon the backstage buffoons and their parasite friends

Chased a new shooting star through the sky



(chorus) falling star you know who you are

You toyed with the notion of failure

Like kids play with bugs in a jar

You wouldn't believe it could happen to you

But this time you've fallen to far.



Once the news of his comeback was filling the trades

So the critics came loading their guns

Oh i watched how they cursed him, nuzzling their drinks

He was finished before he'd begun



(chorus) falling star you know who you are

You were buying a round for our table

When they brought out the feathers and tar

You laughed when i said it could happen to you

You've already fallen too far.



Falling asleep at the table

Mumbling your prayers to the floor

Paying the bill, we bid you farewell

And quietly slipped out the door



Oh the night quickly passed in an alchohol haze

That fire don't ever burn long

But the lesson i learned in the bar room that night

Still burns in the words of this song



(chorus) falling star you know who you are

You toyed with the notion of failure

Like kids play with bugs in a jar

You wouldn't believe it could happen to you

But this time you've fallen too far

This time you've fallen too far