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Backstage Blues

from Music in a Dark Café by Nathan Bollig

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We are entertainers
but you are the show
Put on your face and wear your costume
The curtain's opening on you

But you play it so cool
the scholars in the balcony rave
you saved the show from a cold review
by the end of the first song you sang

Then I'm in the spotlight
and you danced with me
But I was too young
Honey, so naïve
Because love isn't all that you need

The orchestra knows before me
They strike a new note, before we all bleed
These backstage blues, ain't the life for me
At the end of act I, I'm already gone

And I haven't caught a break since
Not one one-liner gig
You belong in the company
while I get caught in the rain

The orchestra knows before me
They strike a new note, then it's pouring
This one-off show, ain't the life for me
At the end of act I, I was already gone

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from Music in a Dark Café, released March 24, 2017

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