JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - “Star People” merupakan sebuah lagu yang dilantunkan oleh penyanyi legendaris asal Inggris, George Michael.
Lagu tersebut direkam di studio Sarm West (London, Inggris) dan dimuat dalam album studio ketiga miliknya yang bertajuk Older.
Album tersebut dirilis secara resmi pada 13 Mei 1996 melalui label Virgin Records.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Fantasy - George Michael
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “Star People” dari George Michael.
[Verse]
C#m7 F#7
Star people (star people),
C#m7 F#7
Counting your money until your soul turns green.
C#m7 F#7
Star people (star people),
C#m7 F#7
Counting the cost of your desire to be seen.
Bm7 E7 Bm7
I do not count myself among you,
E7
I may have been living in a dream.
Bm7 E7 Bm7
It’s just that there seem so many of you,
E7
Can’t help but hope,
C#m7
There’s a difference between.
F#7
And if I live to be a hundred and one
C#m7 F#7
I will never understand what you are, honey?
C#m7
I’m looking for sympathy,
F#7
Just get me on NBC,
C#m7 F#7
And where’s the hell’s my dumb ass PR?
Yeah-yeah.
[Chorus]
C#m7 F#7 C#m7
I said, maybe your mama gave you up, boy.
F#7
(It’s the same old, same old.)
C#m7 F#7
I said, maybe your daddy
C#m7
Didn’t love you enough, girl.
F#7
(How much is enough?)
C#m7 F#7
Star people (star people),
C#m7 F#7
Never forget your secret’s safe with me.
C#m7 F#7
Just look at all the wonderful people (star people).
C#m7 F#7
Hey, trying to forget just who and what they have been.
Bm7 E7
Oh, it’s a dream (it’s a dream)
Bm7 E7
With a nightmare stuck in the middle (middle).
Bm7 E7
Yeah. Are you serious? I’m just curious
Bm7 E7
Without all this attention, mm,
C#m7
You’d die, I’d die,
We’d die.
F#7 C#m7
And if I live to be a hundred and one (wouldn’t we baby),
F#7
I will never understand just how.
Uh. (I’m talking to you.)
C#m7 F#7
You’re looking for sympathy from people who work to eat,
C#m7 F#7
And they don’t really seem to mind.
Yeah-yeah.
[Chorus]
C#m7 F#7 C#m7
I said, maybe your mama gave you up, boy.
F#7
(It’s the same old, same old.)
C#m7 F#7
I said, maybe (baby) your daddy
C#m7
Didn’t love you enough, girl.
(Didn’t love you enough.)
F#7
How much is enough? (People.)
Instrumental: Bm7 | E7
Bm7 E7
How much is enough?
Bm7
How much is enough?
E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.
Bm7 E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.
Bm7 E7
Are you serious? Yeah, I’m just curious.
Bm7
(More good stuff for me.)
E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.
Bm7 E7
Are you serious? I’m just curious.
G#7
(Yeah, let’s go back to the play.)
Are you serious?
C#m7 F#7
Hah, DJ (is that why you’re a star?)
C#m7
Why do you wanna tell me that?
F#7 E C#m7
(Is that what makes a star?)
F#7
Hah, DJ,
C#m7
Get yourself some Oprah cash.
F#7 E C#m7
Uh, baby,
F#7
Do you really think you’ve got it so hard? Huh?
(Is that what makes a star?)
C#m7 F#7
Do you think it might do you some good to look around you
E C#m7
And decide how you might feel
F#7
If the pain you felt was real? Oh, baby,
Tell me.
C#m7
Bad, bad boy.
F#7 E C#m7
Is that why you’re here?
F#7
Now nothing comes for nothing, baby,
C#m7 F#7 E
That fame and fortune’s heaven sent, baby.
C#m7 F#7
And who gives a fuck about your problems, darling,
C#m7
‘Cause you can pay the rent.
F#7 E C#m7
You can pay. (Is that what makes a star?)
Pay.
Pay.
F#7
Pay.
Pay. (Is that what makes a star?)
Pay.
Pay.
C#m7
Pay.
F#7 E C#m7
(Bad boy, is that what makes a star?)
F#7
You can pay.
(Is that what makes a star?)
F#7
Baby,
C#m7
It’s right, baby.
It’s right, baby.
F#7 E C#m7 F#7
(Is that what makes a star?)
C#m7
Baby, you’re a star.
F#7 E C#m7 F#7
(Is that why you’re star?)
C#m7 F#7 E
Baby, you’re a star.
Instrumental:
C#m7 | F#7
F#7 | C#m7 C#m7 F#7 E } 2x