(sung)
It’s clear that everyone of you
Is in perfect physical condition.
So the show must go on.
Chorus member
Why?
Carmen
Because!
(sung)
As all this time itself
There’s a grand theatrical tradition
That the show must go on.
Chorus member
Forget it!
Carmen
I got a contract
You signed a contract
Go read your contract
And I will count to ten
And then I’ll sue you
Oh, yes I’ll sue you
And when I sue you
You’ll never work again.
Bobby
Excuse me, who is the equity representative?
Bambi
I am. Mrs. Bernstein as equity deputy I must warn you any further threats and you will be brought up on charges.
Carmen
Shut up Elaine!
Bambi
The name is Bambi, mother.
Carmen
Alright. Put it this way.
(sung)
When a backup singers
Asking for permission
To let the show go on
Chorus member
No
Carmen
The show must go on
Chorus member
Not a chance.
Carmen
The show must go on.
Bobby
Why?
Carmen
Because I say
The show must go on
All
Well shit.
Cioffi
I can’t believe I’m hearing this. I won’t believe it. Putting on a musical has got to be the most fulfilling thing a person could hope to do. You people, your all hero’s to us.
(sung)
You’re a special kind of people know as show people
You live in a world of your own
The audience pay plenty to sit their and clap
Hearing you sing, watching you tap.
Did you know your dentist longs to be in show business
Your window washer wants to be a star.
And though your analyst may
Never couch it that way,
You don’t know how lucky you are.
Some policemen and detectives dream of show business
They can’t get arrested but still
They sit around the station
And fancy this life
They jeer Sherlock Holmes
And cheer Mack the Knife.
Carmen
Ask your cleaning lady don’t you dream of show business
To vocalize and stretch beside a bar
Cioffi
Her affirmative shrug as she shampoo’s your rug
Carmen and Cioffi
Let’s you know how lucky you are.
There’s a special kind of aura around a show person
Aaron
Just ask the next waiter you meet
Christopher
He walks with fit precision his voice is just grand
Georgia
He gives you the cheque, you give him a hand.
Principles
If the boys in valet parking turn to show business
They can stump a higher ticket for your car
Oscar
And my tree surgeon now has started taking a bow
(a bow get it)
.
All
Don’t you know how lucky you are.
We’re a special kind of people known as show people
We live in a world of our own
Our days are tied to curtains
They rise and they fall
Before every night and half hour call
We can’t picture anything but being show people
So brilliance and hope it’s quite bizarre.
But that lump in our hearts as the overture starts
Lets us know how lucky we are
Carmen
Show people
Show people
Alright everybody.
All
It’s an honor and a joy to be in show business
I feel the spot light hit me and I’m gone
By the last curtain call
I’m the envy of all
So I know the show must
