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