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Nellie Takes Her Bow (Quad Mix)
Electric Light Orchestra
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Who thanked the Lord for the cloth that she wore and mended? Nellie
With the big old-fashioned eye
Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow? Nellie
There's a different world backstage
I see the flood lights burnin'
I hear the band play on
Now Nellie takes her bow
She said she really could not stay, Nellie
Had a brand new play to play
So she paints her face and smile
And she'll be someone else in a while
I see the flood light burnin'
I hear the band play on
Now Nellie takes her bow
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Just the lonely girl who could not face a broken world
And so she acts out all her dreams
And wishes that how it had been
But when the audience is near
It seems as though she doesn't even care
(Oh, fine)
Nellie just sent me a line
Tell me she was doin' fine
Got the lead and on Broadway
And really diggin' her today
So she turns another page
Livin' someone life upon the stage
I see the flood lights burnin'
I hear the band play on
Now Nellie takes her bow
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