My Curtain Call

Lyrics

When I'm up on the stage I can see so clearly The world as it should be Not the world that I know Our eyes meet And I see a reflection We make a connection And I watch it grow A curtain falls and I'm always the first one out The roar of a crowd reduced to a distant shout Then I'm all alone on the streets of New York City And that's when I see you You were in the fifth row When I'm up on the stage You stand and you cheer me You long to be near me I shine like the sun But here on the street You clench and you worry You clutch your purse and you hurry Ready to run But your fears suddenly soften and retreat And for the second time tonight our eyes meet And I realize here on the streets of New York City I'm no longer in light No longer revered I'm a threat I'm to be feared I'm to be punished A destiny fulfilled When I'm ultimately killed I just loved you in the play you say No day but today you say I don't think I'll ever be the same you say And I just simply smile and walk away I wake up hung over But I hadn't been drinking Just staring and thinking Up for most of the night I won't be defined by my anger and rage I will get back on the stage I will fight To be seen as a gift that not all of us will know I can't give up hope the winds of change will blow And perhaps one day on the streets of New York City I will feel blessed I will breathe in the air My body at rest Free of care No longer living my future in my past Then maybe you'll see me Truly see me At last