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Star Collector Lyrics
Think I'll let her keep on going
Wherever it is she's goin' to.
Give her my autograph and tell her
It's been nice knowin' you.
[Chorus]
She's a star collector (collector of stars)
She only aims to please young celebrities.
She's a star collector (collector of stars)
How can I love her, when I just don't respect her?
When everything is goin' my way,
She wants to be close at hand.
She moves to some other doorway
When things don't go the way she planned.
[Chorus]
It won't take much time before I get her off my mind
[Chorus: x2]
Wherever it is she's goin' to.
Give her my autograph and tell her
It's been nice knowin' you.
She's a star collector (collector of stars)
She only aims to please young celebrities.
She's a star collector (collector of stars)
How can I love her, when I just don't respect her?
She wants to be close at hand.
She moves to some other doorway
When things don't go the way she planned.
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The song, written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, is about the phenomenon of groupies, and takes a dismissive attitude toward them ("Think I'll let her keep on going, wherever it is she's going to / Give her an autograph and tell her 'It's been nice knowing you'"... "It won't take much time / Before I get her off my mind").
This is quite a cynical view of the groupie culture, and appears to hold no sympathy for those girls who seek validation by "being with" celebrities. Lyrically it appears to be a Gerry Goffin creation, really quite brutal in its dismissal of the groupie mindset as being self-defeating: "How can I love her, when I just don't respect her?" and "She moves to some other doorway when things don't go the way she planned". He doesn't seem to factor in the age and immaturity of the majority of these girls, or that their quest for reflected fame may mask deeper issues of self-esteem. Another example of a seemingly bright and cheery song with a dark underbelly.