Let's get the show on the road, babe

At the curtain, take a bow

New Haven, just a rendezvous to take you to

a lover--who was then, but never now

Susan played the lady

who called the players' songs

Just a figurine of stagehand reveries

Guess up-and-coming can't be that wrong...



Let's get the show on the road, babe

Spotlights on the stage

Ah, my, it seems I've heard these words before

Did you forget to turn the page?

And remember what they told you

about how 'the show goes on'

How can you come back, if you've never gone away?

How can you sing--how can you sing without a song...



(CHORUS:)

And today's for sale

And it's all you can afford

By your own admission

Well, the whole thing's got you bored

And the Lord uses the good ones

The bad ones use the Lord...



Let's get the show on the road, babe

Better take a look around

Ya got one thing to remember

when you're climbing to the top

You'd better know the way back down...

I can't believe you'd really stumble

But then, I always knew you'd fall

It seems so easy, to say 'I knew you when'

I'd rather it was not at all



(CHORUS TWICE)