There's a lot of good acts around

Plenty of profound performers

But there's only one, who really gets through to me

Whenever you come on I light up

Everything you do goes down well

I can tell, after you it's all downhill



Proving you're a hard act to follow

You're a hard act to follow

You make it difficult (so) difficult

Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow

Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance

Hard act to follow



Watch a lot of foreign movies

See a lot of late night TV

Looking for a girl to distract me from what you are

Try to lose my concentration

Acting out of sheer frustration

I go out at night, but after you it doesn't feel right



Proving you're a hard act to follow

You're a hard act to follow

You make it difficult, so difficult

Hard act to follow you're a hard act to follow

Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance

Hard act to follow



There's a lot of good acts around

Plenty of profound performers

But there's only one, who really gets through to me

And I'm not looking for an actress

No, no, no, no saki hostess

All I want is you and you and you and you and you

Encore, encore, encore, encore



Proving you're a hard act to follow

You're a hard act to follow

You make it difficult to even think of taking in another play

Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow

Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance

Lie like Ophelia

Proving you're a mean scene stealer

Proving you're a hard act to follow

Hard act to follow (repeat and vary til fade)