I Did It All - Ken Hensley

There’s a new face

Up on the stage tonight

A new star on the door

A new name on the billboard now

Where mine had been before

There’s a new song in their hearts tonight

A new light in their eyes

A new and haunting melody

That’s got them hypnotized

I know time and tide keep marching on

Here today and then you’re gone

I did it all from the Honky Tonk to Carnegie Hall

From Tokyo to Texas came the call

And very mile’s a memory

That’s burnd into my soul

So, no matter what tomorrow brings

No matter what song the new star sings

I never will forget I did it all

I got to ride a million dreams

The star of, oh, so many scenes

I played the game and made my name

I thought it couldn’t end

I gave my life for my success

Gave a little too much I guess

Cause all that’s left is emptiness

What happened to my friends?

I know time and tide keep marching on

Here today and then you’re gone

I did it all from the Honky Tonk to Carnegie Hall

From Tokyo to Texas came the call

And every mile’s a memory

That’s burned into my soul

So, no matter what tomorrow brings

No matter what song the new star sings

I never will forget I did it all

I did it all from North to South

And all points in between

But from Hollywood to heartbreak

Takes no time

But that was way back then

And I must face tomorrow now

And if you ask me how I am today

I can turn to you in truth and say

I did it all and now at last I’m doing fine