The Show Goes On

Born to the big-top game in his

Daddy’s line with his daddy’s name

Taught him to be the prince of tents

“vera she may be a star,” his daddy said, “but i’d be a liar

If i said she was the one who paid the rent”

‘cause the show goes on,

And the rings are filled

And debts are owed, and bones are healed

But you’re the one left when they come and go

King of the show

Rakia flowed and the years were good

& a dobritch did as a dobritch should

Barkers barked and the band it played

But times change, and wars begin,

Lines for bread and lights are dim

The only life to live is far away

And the show goes on,

And the rings are filled

And debts are owed, and bones are healed

Just take all of it with you when you go

King of the show

A new home can treat you well

When there’s lines to give

And dreams to sell

Some countries love to crown a king

Found hisself a pretty wife, threw a drink right in his eye

Ginger curls, big diamond wedding ring

And the show goes on,

And the rings are filled

And debts are owed, and bones are healed

And you never can imagine that they’d go

King of the show

In 1968, he was living fast, & running late

Telling every lie that he did know

In ’70, the axe it fell, cops and threat, gossip to tell

Seemed every friend had turned to foe

He laid his ledger down, wiped his brow, took off his crown

Laid it over on the bed just so

He’d climbed his l5 flights,

He saw the end in sight

A fliers’ dive, las vegas strip below

And the show goes on,

And the rings are filled

And debts are owed, and bones are healed

But you cannot take it with you when you go

No, you cannot take it with you when you go