Little Star

Twinkle, twinkle Little Star
How I wonder where you are
It's been a while since I saw you last
Out on the corner, in the cold with your bags
Thumbing your way to the city of lights,
The world on your shoulders, tears in your eyes
Daddy never really loved you, and mother only pushed you far
But remember Little Star, 'you have to burn to light up our dark'

And all the while they were cutting her down
She only carried them aloft
And all the doors they closed on her
She only opened up their world

She could light up the night sky
With that twinkle in her eyes

Twinkle, twinkle Little Star,
They warned you 'never be who you are!'
They said you'll never be good enough
That you'll only bring them shame
Funny, how the chips now fall
You will be the one to write their name
But now there's a hole in the sky
Where you once hung high

And all the while they were cutting her down
She only carried them aloft
And all the doors they closed on her
She only opened up their world

She could light up the night sky
I'll never forget that look in her eyes
We were just children, hiding from the truth.
But she knew then, she won't have no time for youth

So burn away my Little Star, burn away, burn away.
I often wonder just where you are
Up above my world so high
You will always be a diamond in my eyes