Place, Everybody (King of Spades)

Lyrics

Come now, we're all backstage Pacing slowly Waitin' for showtime Admission: one dollar It's a value That's become my life Places, Everybody Let's do this one more time Our magician readies rabbit And the poet runs her lines Places, everybody Showtime Curtains rise up Spotlight finds me It's a real good crowd With a gesture, I invite them Into our world Where their troubles fly by Places, Everybody Let's do this one more timе The freak act approaches stagе left And the satirist ain't far behind Places, everybody Don't stop: Cue the jugglers Give 'em burlesque Make 'em laugh, make 'em cry The escape act gets chained up Dropped in water And then time stands still [beat] Places, everybody Let's do this one more time The crowds don't come like they used to And then the talkies took our lines So, places, everybody There's a ghost light Deep in my mind A hopeful beacon That I can never turn off And if you stare into my eyes You might see it And you might feel hopeful too Places, everybody The curtain's coming down Tomorrow's they'll start to bulldoze The last great show in town Places, everybody We'll all land on our feet It's a big world full of love and hate And you can never admit defeat So, places, everybody Encore, they cry encore But it's the curtain call Where we all take a bow Hand in hand, we're a family On the cusp of The great unknown