High Flying Adored
Mandy Patinkin & Patti LuPone Lyrics

High flying, adored, so young, the instant queen
You are very successful, beautiful, and talented at a young age and therefore are like a queen.

A rich beautiful thing of all the talents, a cross between
You have a lot of money and possess every skill imaginable, like a perfect blend of everything desirable.

A fantasy of the bedroom and a saint
People see you as both desirable and pure.

You were just a back street girl, hustling and fighting, scratching and biting
You were once a nobody, but you fought your way to the top, clawing your way to succeed.

High flying, adored, did you believe in your wildest moments, all this would be yours, that you'd become the lady of them all?
Did you ever imagine, in your wildest dreams, that you would have such incredible success and be the envy of all others?

Were there stars in your eyes when you crawled in at night, from the bars, from the sidewalks, from the gutter theatrical?
Did you feel hopeful despite your circumstances, whether it be from pub-crawling, from the streets, or from the struggling theater nearby?

Don't look down, it's a long, long way to fall
Do not underestimate the height of the fall when you're up high.

High flying, adored, what happens now, where do you go from here?
When you're successful, it's hard to know where to go next.

For someone on top of the world, the view is not exactly clear
When you're at the top, it's hard to see past it all.

A shame you did it all at twenty-six
Unfortunately, you accomplished everything at a young age.

There are no mysteries now, nothing can thrill you, no-one fulfill you
Since you've experienced everything, there's nothing to excite or satisfy you anymore.

High flying, adored, I hope you come to terms with boredom
It's important for you to learn to deal with the monotony that comes with being at the top.

So famous, so easily, so soon, is not the wisest thing to be
Becoming incredibly famous effortlessly and quickly isn't always the best.

You won't care if they love you, it's been done before
Having people admire you becomes less important once you've already gotten lots of it before.

You'll despair if they hate you, you'll be drained of all energy
If people switch to hating you, it will be exhausting and hurtful.

All the young who've made it would agree
All young successful people would concur with this.

High flying, adored, that's good to hear, but unimportant
Although it's nice to hear, being adored isn't important anymore.

My story's quite usual, local girl makes good, weds famous man
My story is typical, a girl from the neighborhood succeeds and marries someone famous.

I was slap in the right place at the perfect time, filled a gap--I was lucky
I was in the perfect place at the right time and had the right qualifications to get hired, feeling fortunate for it all.

But one thing I'll say for me, no-one else can fill it like I can
Although I got lucky in obtaining this position, I am the only one who can do the job as well as I can.