B5        
The actors and jesters are here 
E5 
The stage is in darkness and clear 
E5 
For raising the curtain 
                                D5 
and no-one's quite certain whose play it is 
 

B5 
How long ago, how long 
           E5 
If only we had listened then. 
        E5                          D5  
If we'd known just how right we were going to be. 
       B5 
For we dreamed a lot 

And we schemed a lot 
       E5                               E5                 D5 
And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart.   Aaah. 
 

D5 (V)            A5                  A5 G5 
If everyone was listening you know 
D5 (V)                     A5                      A5 G5 
There'd be a chance that we could save the show 
B5                          
Who'll be the last clown 
E5 
To bring the house down? 
G5  A5   G5      A5   G5     A5       G5 ../         
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall 
  C5 
 
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 re-learn 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.