We sang a love song the day that we met You thought that we made the perfect duet You liked my performance so you wanted to know If I would stay on as the star of the show And beautiful music we made for a time 'til she changed our tune And you added new lines Our duet arrangement became a trio Now you want a star, but I just think you should know I don??™t play second fiddle in nobody??™s band And I'm no back-up singer and I won??™t be a fan And I'm nobody??™s co-star I just play leading rolls And I don??™t want the part, don??™t want a part Won??™t play a part unless it??™s star of the show Oh, she??™s stealing the show that??™s been so dear to my heart She??™s changing our song 'til I??™m not sure of my part She sharing the spotlight and there??™s not room for both Now one or the other is the star of the show, the other goes Life is a show and the show will go on The world is stage, loves an act we perform There??™s always some new act somewhere up the road And I??™ll always be staring in somebodies' show I don??™t play second fiddle in nobody??™s band And I'm no back-up singer and I won??™t be a fan And I'm nobody??™s co-star I just play leading rolls And I don??™t want the part, don??™t want a part Won??™t play a part unless it??™s star of the show I don??™t play second fiddle in nobody??™s band And I'm no back-up singer and I won??™t be a fan And I'm nobody??™s co-star I just play leading rolls And I don??™t want the part, don??™t want a part Won??™t play a part unless it??™s star of the show If I don??™t star in your show Well I??™m still a star and I can still go You know I got to be, I got to be the star of the show