A thousand hands applaud tonight
  I sing my songs my star shines bright
  I stop and smile, I take by bow
  I leave the stage and then somehow
  
  Backstage I'm lonely
  Backstage I cry
  You've gone away and each night I seem to die a little
  
  Out on that stage I play the star
  I'm famous now I've come so far
  A famous fool I let love go
  I didn't know I'd miss you so
  
  Backstage I'm lonely
  Backstage I cry
  Hating myself since I let you say goodbye
  
  Every night a different girl
  Every night a different club
  And yet I'm lonely all the time
  When I sign my autograph
  When I hold an interview
  Can't get you out of my mind
  
  
  Come back my love
  Come back to me
  I need you now so desperately
  What good is fame it's just a game
  I'd give it all to be the same
  
  Backstage I wait now hoping I'll see
  Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
  Your smiling face waiting there backstage for me
  Backstage, Backstage