(L. Sayer/D. Courtney)
Baby, although I chose this lonely life
It seems it's stranglin' me now

All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic car
They're all laughin' at the lie


Oh, I've been used Ooo-oo-oo-oo
I've been a fool Oh, what a fool
I broke all the rules Oh, yeah

But I must let the show go on

Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people

They're all after my blood
I wish maybe they'd tear down the walls of this theatre
Let me out, let me out


Oh, I'm so blind Oh, I'm blind
I wasted time Wasted, wasted, wasted time

Walkin' on the wire, high wire
But I must let the show go on


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Oh, I'm so blind Oh, I'm blind

I wasted time Wasted, wasted, all too much time
Walkin' on the wire, high wire
But I must let the show go on


Baby, I wish you'd help me escape
Help me get away

Leave me outside my address
Far away from this masquerade


'Cause I've been blind Oh, so blind
I wasted time Wasted, wasted, all too much time
Walkin' on the wire, high wire

But I must let the show go..
I must let the show go..
I must let the show go on