Sedaka, Neil - Star-Crossed Lovers Lyrics






Father, dear father, I come to confession
Hoping to find peace of mind.
Father, I've fallen in love with an angel
But she's not one of our kind.

If it's a sin to want her and need her,
This is what I'm guilty of.
She won't believe in the things we believe in,
But she believes in my love.

Star crossed lovers,
Is there a place for us in this world?

Father, dear father, I can't live without her,
Is it your wish we must part?
Would you refuse to give me your blessing
If I should follow my heart?

Father, please tell me, are we so different
And is our love so unwise?
We both believe there is one God in heaven,
But we see him through different eyes.

Star crossed lovers,
Is there a place for us in this world?

Star crossed lovers,
Is there a place for us in this world?





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  1. M.... T....

    This is one of my favourite Sedaka songs. I am lucky to own his version in French that he recorded in Canada. There is another version I have on tape.

  2. L.... M....

    love this song. still covers so many young people today.

  3. D.... k....

    Is this about interracial relationships??

    D.... k....

    Don't knock the rock no ....I hope I understand this right it's more religious differences I think than racial ..which is strange considering this song was released in 1969 ..and you would think racial more than religious indifference at the time BUT hell I was very young so didn't know these things .But saying that it could be racial WHO knows? ( only Neil sadaka could tell you this)

    D.... k....

    It is about interfaith relationships/marriages. He is questioning the priest "Father". At the tine the RC church would not marry a couple unless they were BOTH RC. So a man would have to convert or a woman (because at this time children belonged to their father) sign to say the children would raise RC

    D.... k....

    It was purely a Catholic bigotry and they are now paying the price. The audacity of the hierarchy, what the priests all over the globe have been guilty of, BUT they are forgotten, but not if you marry inter faiths. The churches are now empty. The Vatican has a lot to answer for. The lives of the people in love were destroyed mercilessly, the church might forgive their own BUT GOD will never.

    D.... k....

    As the others have said, it's about a Catholic asking a priest about a relationship with a girl who is either not a Catholic or not a Christian. I always assumed not a Christian, nor a Jew nor a Muslim as the line is 'she won't believe in the God we believe in', and all three of those faiths believe in the same God.
    It is true that the Catholic Church many years ago had rules about marrying people who weren't Catholic but it is definitely NOT true - not in Australia, anyway - that they refused to marry them. And certainly not in 1969! My grandparents were married in 1932 - she was Catholic, he wasn't.
    What used to happen here was that the non-Catholic was asked to agree that the children could be brought up as Catholic.
    There was never any requirement in the Australian Catholic church that the other partner had to convert. Sometimes people did because the partner or the partner's family preferred it. But not the Church itself.
    So Steesh Sood - I'm not sure which country you're writing from. People weren't forbidden to marry by the Catholic Church on the basis of religion. Not within the past couple of centruies, anyway. The concern was - as it is in many faiths and cultures - that the couple may have deep divisions between them if they differed in something as fundamental as faith. And certainly many groups, religious and otherwise, prefer that their children marry within their own group.

    D.... k....

    Different religions

  4. M.... M....

    This is also on his Live In Australia concert in a medley, but the medley version sounds much nicer.

  5. F.... C....

    Released in the States and played on the radio in Nov. 1968. Was not any kind of hit though,unfortunately.

  6. G.... T....

    Was 1 of my favs growing up in Oz. Now wonder I had a hard time finding it here in USA. Noone had heard of it.

    G.... T....

    The reason you may find it hard to find is that it was frowned upon in the US, predominately in the south because of the religious connotations.

  7. J.... S....

    A No. 1 hit in Australia but surprisingly a flop in the U.S. My mother really liked this song.

  8. C.... R....

    star crossed lover is a great song.means a lot to me

  9. j.... b....

    Recorded in Sydney Aust.

  10. J.... R....

    I think recorded in Australia

  11. E.... A....

    still a great single after all this years

  12. V.... E....

    love Neil Sedaka. I. was only 10 when my older sisters bought this single home.

  13. T.... T....

    Neil Sedaka and Neil Diamond were actually the forerunners of Christian Rock with this song and Sunday's Sun

    T.... T....

    +To Tell The Truth Rubbish!! Doubt Neil Sedaka and Neil Diamond would "actually" thank you for this.

    T.... T....

    They are not Christian, but rather Jewish.

    T.... T....

    Thanks Kenny

    T.... T....

    @To Tell The Truth Your welcome.

  14. k.... a....

    fantastic lyrics

  15. R.... S....

    Thanks for sharing.  I still get goosebumps every time I hear this song.  One of the greatest singer/songwriters of our time!