Among another slew of mis-matched birthday celebrants today, including Princess Anne's 70th and Jim Dale's 85th, as well as those of Oscar Peterson, Ben Affleck, Maggie's twins Mark and Carole Thatcher, Jennifer Lawrence, Sir Walter Scott, Julia Child, hit songwriter Jimmy Webb, Melinda Gates, Ethel Barrymore, E. Nesbit, Nicolas Roeg, Debra Messing, Dame Wendy Hiller and Napoleon, I find the purveyor of a familiar one-hit-wonder (here in the UK, anyhow), Miss Patsy Gallant...
...and what a memorable hit it was, too - all together, now!
In my mind there's a face
On my lips there's a name
In my life there's no place
For the man that I love
Cause I'm livin' my life
Just to sing and be free
From L.A. to New York, from New York to L.A
From New York to L.A
I'm a star in New York, I'm a star in L.A
In my life there's no place for the man that I love
Cause I'm livin my life just to sing and be free
From LA to New York, from New York to LA
The city life of flashing lights
Busy streets and fancy cars
Booze and drugs and all the clubs
Everyone's a shining star
Was so inviting to my eyes
That I can only be surprised
By all the sounds and sights to see
I thought all this was meant for me
But was it really meant for me?
I'm a star in New York, I'm a star in L.A
In my life there's no place for the man that I love
Cause I'm livin' my life just to sing and be free
From L.A. to New York, from New York to L.A
The city lights are often blurred
By stories we've already heard
Booze and drugs now break my head
Cause all the shining stars are dead
I sometimes close my tired eyes
Look at myself, be hypnotized
Findin' a reason of lovin' you
The man I thought was meant for me
But were you really meant for me?
I'm a star in New York, I'm a star in L.A
In my life there's no place for the man that I love
Cause I'm livin' my life just to sing and be free
Can that song really be forty-three years old?!
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