The shadows darken and the day is done,
And I cannot believe,
It's really true and you have gone,
You were always here beside me;
You gave so much as the Queen of Hearts,
To those without love,
You were their voice when they could not speak,
A touch for the dying;
And as we say goodbye I can hardly see,
For the tears in my eyes,
You are shining like a million suns,
And there's a new star up in heaven tonight;
I wonder if you ever knew how much you were loved,
And in the darkness of a lonely room,
were you empty inside?
And as you fade away, it's like a light,
Has gone from the world,
But I am sure that there is a place,
Where you will burn on forever;
And as we say goodbye I can hardly see,
For the tears in my eyes,
You are shining like a million suns,
And there's a new star up in heaven tonight,
There's a new star up in heaven tonight.
"I remember; it was at about 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening, after she was killed... I had no intention of writing a song, per se, I was just playing the piano and these words came out 'There's a new star up in heaven tonight.' And I knew that it was about immediately because, obviously, Diana had been on my mind. It took about ten minutes to get the melody through and then, the following evening, I spent about 45 minutes working on the words. That wasn't difficult - because I know what I wanted to say, anyway. The whole thing took about an hour. The song was just an expression of grief, in the same way that a lot of people wrote songs or wrote poems. The BBC people heard about it, so the song was filmed and the film was shown as she was being taken back to Althorp House. A couple of weeks later I recorded it properly in a studio and, because of Elton and his success and because he was the one who was asked to do Candle In The Wind, I just made 100 copies and numbered and signed them. As of now, 20 copies went to Earl Spencer, 5 to the Duchess of York, one went to Steve Spielberg - and the rest are going to be auctioned for charity."
The Getaway Gazette, April 1998
Albums
"There's A New Star Up In Heaven Tonight" appears on the following albums:
