When the Curtain Calls for You

Oh, what do children do with these colors so hallow?

Yes, I know their will is true but their throats hurt to swallow

An orphan with his gruel in a theater, oh, so cruel

What do children do?

I saw some faces today

They smiled, yeah, they smiled at me and you

And the bay in the maple trees

Nothing in their faces looked real, real, real to me and you

I'm gonna keep it with me anyway

What do children do, do, do?

What do children do, do, do?

So when the curtain parts for you

The tiers are full of the laughter you will come in bloom

I'll be up there somewhere

Just a-hanging from the rafters

I'll be swinging from the rafters for you

And we'll make the movie with Victorian steeples

My heart under all these people

Like a sugar cake can look so good on a china plate

It makes the world seem sweeter now

Mary's on the swings but I'm on the grass

Nothing will pass forever

So give me my coat and hand me my camera

And we'll shoot the film, with the lighting right

A beautiful hymn how I like to remember

The perfect pretender whose movie is about, 'bout to begin

Another lovely hymn

And I'm ready now and the show was oh, so precious

Oh, so precious tonight