the show must go on

some folks like to stay at home, some folks like to be alone, so when they finally come out of their nest, i've got to turn it on, i've got to be my best, the street may be slick with ice, and i'm sick with butterflies, and some other girl may be the talk of the town, i could lose my voice, or i could split my gown, but when i'm in the spotlight, it's got to be a hot night, even when i'm feeling down, the show must go on, the show must go on, the show must go on, the show must go on, i've won some and i have lost, but what i enjoy the most, is never knowing how the evening will end, will i be the joke or the comedienne, and when i'm in the spotlight, it's got to be a hot night, even when i'm shivering cold, the show must go on, the show must go on, the show must go on, the show must go on, even in a hurricane, your contact lens goes down the drain, when your agent goes insane, when you can hardly stay awake, you'd rather stay at home and bake, when you've got a tummy-ache, to an audience of one, and you think he's got a gun, when laughing isn't any fun, you want to watch the end of "cheers", your mother is a lunatic, you think you've left the oven on, you find out there's no santa claus, you're doggy can't remember you, you want to move up to vermont, you just ran out of underwear, your prescription won't renew, you just ran into your ex, the handyman was very rude, your landlord just evicted you, it's cosy by the fireplace, you really have to blow your nose, it must, it must, it must go on, arnold says it must go on