If Everyone Was Listening

The actors and jesters are here

The stage is in darkness and clear

For raising the curtain

And no one's quite certain whose play it is

How long ago, how long?

If only we had listened then

If we'd known just how right we were going to be

For we dreamed a lot and we schemed a lot

And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart

If everyone was listening, you know

There'd be a chance that we could save the show

Who'll be the last clown to bring the house down

Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall

Well what is your costume today?

Who are the props in your play

You're acting a part

Which you thought from the start

Was an honest one

Well how do you plead?

An actor indeed!

Go relearn your lines

You don't know what you've done

The finale's begun

If everyone was listening, you know

There'd be a chance that we could save the show

Who'll be the last clown to bring the house down

Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall