Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960s and 1970s. Hazlewood had a distinctive baritone voice that added a resonance to his music. His collaborations with Nancy Sinatra as well as his solo output in the late 1960s and early 1970s have been praised
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G#C#G# Baby, this letter might be hard to read Bb7D# But I’ve got a strong need to get it all down G#C#G# It’s noon and I’m lyin’ on the bunk in the back of the bus Bb7D# I got thinkin’ about us while I’m bouncing around
C#CmFm The rising star just ridin’ along with the rest of the guys Bb7D# Smoking and gettin’ high like he does each trip C#CmFm ‘Bout two o’clock he’ll say I think I’ll sip some crow Bb7D# By the time of the show the rising star will be ripped
G#C#G# Later on when the job is done we’re back on the bus Bb7D# He’ll turn to the guys and smile in a funny way C#G# And say tell me once again how good I played
C#G#C#G# And they call him the rising star and they say he’s gonna go far F#D#7 But each night he gets far (?) he ever believed G#C#G# Something inside me grieves cause sure as hell one day C#G# They say the rising star will fade away
Last night the rising star got lost with a girl for an hour or so Barely made the shoe, kinda stumbled on Forgot the words to the song he wrote about his wife Said guess that’s life but I was wrong
Cause every night when I go on I’m the rising star Me and my guitar start to get it on Living is when they stand and cheering and call my name But I’ll try to change before too long
Something about the here and now said drop a line To say I’m fine but I’d like to say not every rising star fades away
And they call me the rising star, baby I’m gonna go far With you beside me I swear by the pen in my hand I’ll be damned if you ever gone to see the day That drunken, stoned and all alone, You’ll see this rising star fade away