Lyrics to
Riders To The Stars

This version of Riders To The Stars was released by Barry Manilow in 1976.

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Christy wants a millionaire, a miracle in the rain
Everybody’s lookin’ to find their heaven,
never come back again
People keep searchin’ up and down
Joinin’ in the latest thing
And I run around lookin’ for love
Waitin’ for bells to ring

Riders to the stars
We are flyin’, we are fallin’
And I can see the clouds rollin’ by
Riders to the stars
We are sailin’, we are soarin’
And all we can do is try
We are riders to the stars
We are riders to the stars

Billy wants a fancy car,
says it’s just what he needs
Folks into showin’, just what they’re blowin’
Followin’ foolish leads
And Christy wants to find her millionaire,
her miracle in the rain
And I lift my head right up to the sun
Never look down again

Riders to the stars
We are flyin’, we are fallin’
And I can see the clouds rollin’ by
Riders to the stars
We are sailin’, we are soarin’
And all we can do is try
We are riders to the stars
We are riders to the stars

Some folks have money, and others survive
God knows, it’s not easy just bein’ alive
The dreamer dreams on, and dreams never die
Long as we try, long as we try

Riders to the stars
We are flyin’, we are fallin’
And I can see the clouds rollin’ by
Riders to the stars We are sailin’, we are soarin’
And all we can do is try
We are riders to the stars
We are riders to the stars

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Barry Manilow has released many songs over the years besides Riders To The Stars. Barry Manilow released songs from 1973 to 2008 spanning across albums like Barry Manilow I, Barry Manilow II, Tryin' To Get The Feeling, This One's For You, Even Now, One Voice, Barry, If I Should Love Again, Here Comes The Night, 2:00 AM Paradise Cafe, Manilow, Swing Street, Barry Manilow, Because It's Christmas, Showstoppers, Singing With The Big Bands, Summer Of '78, Manilow Sings Sinatra, Here At The Mayflower, A Christmas Gift Of Love, Scores: Songs From Copacabana And Harmony, The Greatest Songs Of The Fifties, The Greatest Songs Of The Sixties, The Greatest Songs Of The Seventies, In The Swing Of Christmas, and The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Barry Manilow.

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About Lyrics and Riders To The Stars by Barry Manilow

The lyrics to Riders To The Stars are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Barry Manilow used when the song was created in 1976. The lyrics to Riders To The Stars have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Barry Manilow and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Riders To The Stars by Barry Manilow. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Riders To The Stars" means the words set to the music of Riders To The Stars, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Barry Manilow. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Riders To The Stars and the lyrics to Riders To The Stars are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Barry Manilow who came here looking just for the lyrics to Riders To The Stars, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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