For me adorement outspoken 
Along with the blinding flashlights 
Pieces of me are wanted and taken 
I had never before felt stagefright 
It was a song that just came through me 
Like hundreds before had done 
But this one had a different feel 
This time I wrote too good a song 

I'm told my soul is sold 
For the moment in the spotlight 
I never knew the price 
Of the moment in the spotlight 

I will be played through, then I'm gone 
After the show is the light-switch turned 
That much of the place in the sun 
I should have let that note-sheet burn 
Tomorrow I'll have a new song 
To strike a fresh new note 
Back to basics where I belong 
I wish the system would let me out