The Show's Almost Over

He walked up to the bandstand and asked me, "Can an old man sit in?"
Across his face I saw the pain and I felt it in these words I heard him sing

"I can't believe what I see looking back through the years
So many leftover scars from a dreamers career
I stole from the good life and now it wants payment from me
I've nothing but memories and little to give back you see"

And the show's almost over
Let me sing one more song
Lord the world sure looks lonely when the crowd's almost gone
So children please listen, but don't sing along
'Cause the mountains were mean and the meaning's all wrong

He said, "On my way up I didn't want my little woman around
I was just always too busy, bathing in the fame that I found
Now the circus is over somebody please tell the clown
And darling please forgive me, I'm sorry for letting you down"

And the show's almost over
Let me sing one more song
Oh the world sure looks lonely when the crowd's almost gone
So children please listen, oh but don't sing along
'Cause the mountains were mean and the meaning's all wrong

And the show's almost over