Life Upon the Wicked Stage
Colette Lyons and Female Chorus
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Why do stage-shrek maidens clamor
To be acting in the drammer?
We've heard say you are gay night and day
Out the way!
We drink water from a dipper
You drink champagne from a slipper
Though it seems cruel to bust
All your dreams, still I must
Here's the truth I tell you
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't ever what a girl supposes
Stage door Johnnies are enraging over you
With gems and roses
When you let a fellow hold your hand
Which means an extra beer or sandwich
Everybody whispers, "Ain't her life a whirl?"
Though you're warned against a rouรฉ
Ruining your reputation
I have played around the one night trade
Around this great big nation
Wild old men who give you jewels and sables
Only live in Aesop's fables
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothing for a girl
Though we listen to you moan and grieve
You must pardon us if we do not believe you
There is no doubt you're crazy
About your awful state
I admit it's fun to smear my face with paint
Causing everyone to think I'm what I ain't
And I like to play a demi-Monroe with soul
Ask the hero, does he like the way I lure
When I play a hussy or a paramour?
Yet when once the curtain's down
My life is pure and how I dread it
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't ever what a girl supposes
Stage door Johnnies are enraging over you
With gems and roses
If some gentleman would talk with reason
I would cancel all next season
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothing for a girl
You'll be back the season after!
I've got virtue but it ain't been tested
No one's even interested
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothing for a girl