Story Behind the Song
Particularly at the time this was written in the early 1980s I spent a lot of time studying musicians, the hardships they faced in performing, the pressures on their relationships, their dreasms, their hopes and their aspirations, and occasional, far too seldom their triumphs and successes. I hope I've captured that here.
Lyrics
All That Glitters
(Verse)
On center stage, the current rage
Is deftly playing to his fans.
He comes on cool. He ain't no fool.
He knows he's got them in his hands,
(Chorus)
But, all that glitters isn't gold,
And things are seldom what they seem.
'Though fame seems his to have and hold,
He knows how fleeting such fame can be,
(Bridge)
For he knows that it's taken ten long years,
To be an overnight success,
And 'though his image hides his fears,
He knows that he can never rest,
(Verse)
And when he winds up, and the lights dim,
Then the smile fades from his face.
His voice is weary. His eyes are bleary.
He says goodnight and just slips away,
(Chorus)
'Cause, all that glitters isn't gold,
And things are seldom what they seem.
A moment's fame is but a footstep,
Upon that fable road of dream.
(Repeat Chorus)
Yes, all that glitters isn't gold,
And things are seldom what they seem.
But he'll keep trav'ling down that road,
And keep on chasing his golden dreams.
Yes, he'll keep on chasing those golden dreams.
Golden dreams.
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