I'll play second fiddle
To your new love while it lasts
Just like all the others
I played for in the past.

Why can't I be a leader
And play a leading part
Why must I always have to play
Second fiddle in your heart.

So play fiddle, play
Will there never come a day
When I won't have to play the part
Of second fiddle in your heart.


Each time you find a new love
You leave me here to cry
The teardrops tell a story
Of a love that just won't die.

Like an early mornin' paper
The news you get just part
Why must I always have to play
Second fiddle in your heart.

So play fiddle, play
Will there never come a day
When I won't have to play the part
Of second fiddle in your heart...