If Everyone Was Listening

Bm7
The actors and jesters are here
E9
The stage is in darkness and clear
Em9
For raising the curtain
                                D6
and no-one's quite certain whose play it is

Bm7
How long ago, how long
           E9
If only we had listened then.
        Em9                          D6
If we'd known just how right we were going to be.
       Bm7
For we dreamed a lot
And we schemed a lot
       E9                               Em9                 D6
And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart.   Aaah.

D (V)            A                  A G
If everyone was listening you know
D (V)                     A                      A G
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Bm
Who'll be the last clown
E9
To bring the house down?
G  A   G      A   G     A       G ...
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall
  C

Well, what is your costume today?
Who are the props in your play?
You're acting a part which you thought from the start
was an honest one.
Well how do you plead?
An actor indeed!
Go re-learn your lines,
You don't know what you've done
The finale's begun.

If everyone was listening you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show,
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down?
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall.