Nellie Takes Her Bow

Nellie there's a different world backstage

I hear the band play on
To tell me she was doing fine

And so she paints her face and smiles

Now Nellie takes her bow
I see the flood lights burning
Nellie just sent me a line
But when the audience is near
Now Nellie takes her bow
Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes
Just a lonely girl
And so she acts out all her dreams
And now they're digging her today
Now Nellie takes her bow
I hear the band play on
I see the flood lights burning
And as she turns the final page
I see the flood lights burning
And she'll be someone else in a while

She said she really could not stay
Who could not face a broken world
And wishes that's how it had been
I see the flood lights burning
She had a brand new play to play
It seems as though she doesn't even care

I hear the band play on
Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow
Living someone's life upon the stage

I hear the band play on
She got the lead and on Broadway