Nellie Takes Her Bow

Who thanked the Lord for the clothes
 That she wore and mended
 Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes
 Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow
 Nellie there's a different world backstage
 I see the flood lights burning
 I hear the band play on
 
 Now Nellie takes her bow
 She said she really could not stay, Nellie
 She had a brand new play to play
 And so she paints her face and smiles
 And she'll be someone else in a while
 I see the flood lights burning
 I hear the band play on
 Now Nellie takes her bow
 ♪
 Just a lonely girl
 Who could not face a broken world
 And so she acts out all her dreams
 And wishes that's how it had been
 But when the audience is near
 It seems as though she doesn't even care
 ♪
 Nellie just sent me a line
 To tell me she was doing fine
 She got the lead on Broadway
 And really digging her today
 So she turns the final page
 Living someone's life upon the stage
 I see the flood lights burning
 I hear the band play on
 Now Nellie takes her bow