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 player's 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
Somehow it seems I've heard these words before
Did you forget to turn the page?

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 without a song?

And today's for sale and it's all you can afford
By your own admission, the whole thing's got you bored
And the Lord uses the good ones
And the bad ones use the Lord

Let's get the show on the road, babe
Won't you take a look around
One thing to remember when you're climbin' 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

And today's for sale and it's all you can afford
And by your own admission, the whole thing's got you bored
And the Lord uses the good ones
And the bad ones use the Lord