If Everyone Was Listening lyrics

The actors and jesters are here,

The stage is in darkness and clear

For raising the curtain,

And no-one's quite certain whose play it is.

How long ago, how long

If only we had listened then,

If we'd known just how right we were going to be.

For we dreamed a lot,

And we schemed a lot,

And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart.

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.

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 finales 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.

• Artist:Supertramp
• Album:Crime of the Century (1974)