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There's A Star On My Dressing Room Door

from Spring Fever by Would-Be-Goods

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There’s a star on my dressing room door

I’m the one all the critics deplore

I remember my Richard gave Tynan the hump

And he said that my tights had a rather strange lump

And my Lear was a dreary old bore

But there’s a star on my dressing room door


There’s a star on my dressing room door

So I leave all my clothes on the floor

My faithful old dresser is there every night

To clear it all up while I’m in the limelight

It’s an honour for him, not a chore

There’s a star on my dressing room door


When I was the rage, the society pages

Of all the best magazines

Showed me consorting and sometimes cavorting

With Michael and all the old queens


There’s a star on my dressing room door

And a new leading lady to paw

Of course I knew Larry and Noël and John

And when I perform I know they’re looking on

As are Oscar and George Bernard Shaw

There’s a star on my dressing room door


My friends and admirers all marvel

Amazed that I haven’t gone grey

But in The Tempest I have to hold on

So the wind doesn’t blow it away


There’s a star on my dressing room door

Every audience begs me for more

Though I’m in my eighties I’m soldiering on

The nation will mourn for me when I am gone

So you can be perfectly sure

There’s a star on my dressing room door

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from Spring Fever, released March 21, 2021
Written and performed by Jessica Griffin

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Would-Be-Goods London, UK

Would-be-goods are usually a four-piece band but this is a solo project which I began in October 2020, trying to trick myself into being more productive by treating songwriting as a game or challenge. Peter, my partner, acted as my daily title generator. I then had 24 hours to write and record the song. ... more

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