“One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star” is a completed track from Stevie Nicks‘ 1984-1985 Rock a Little recording sessions. Although it wasn’t included on the album, it was later issued on the “Talk to Me” vinyl single, as its “b-side,” and The Enchanted Works of Stevie Nicks (1998) and Complete Studio Albums & Rarities retrospectives (2023).
About the Song
Stevie Nicks wrote “One More Big Time Rock and Roll Star” during the 1984-1985 Rock a Little recording sessions. The song is inspired by a gift that Stevie received — flowers with a “delicate white ribbon card” reading “one more big time rock and roll star.” In the song, Stevie writes about the challenges of maintaining a relationship and fame, where “the work just gets harder.”
Lyrics
I told you last night or did you tell me
I think that it was me and I know that you heard it
I was crazy about you that’s how it always was
Do you think about me now as I sing about this love
When it rains it pours
When there’s no one at the door
Yes he did send me flowers
Well that was a long time ago
Sounded good on a
Delicate white-ribbon card
“one more big time rock and roll star”
Just what I need
As you walk away you know that I will call
If it’s just to say goodnight and that is all
Well alright that’s a lie she says she wanted you to stay
But you know much better than she
She’s better off this way
Undercover music lover
Oh undercover music lover and an art lover like me
There were candles, crystals, I was anyone’s fantasy
Say I’m not ’cause the work just gets harder
The work gets…
Oh, one more big time rock and roll star
