[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:04.60]My name is Balthazar Impresario [00:09.83]And you'll find me at the bottom of the page [00:14.20]I have artist's hands [00:16.55]Though I'm a working man [00:19.62]But my craft has been forgotten by the age [00:24.13]So tonight will be my last night on the stage [00:31.07]This is my family's trade [00:33.42]My father built this place [00:36.84]At the turning of the twentieth century [00:40.80]I have been working here [00:43.09]For some fifty years [00:46.18]But the young these days [00:47.76]Are glued to TV screens [00:50.92]And the old girl is dying on her feet [00:59.47]Once more to the boards [01:01.74]One more curtain call [01:04.24]Give the crowd everything [01:06.53]They're asking for and more [01:09.04]Always make them laugh [01:11.09]Try to make them cry [01:13.66]Always take the stage like [01:15.73]It's the last night of your life [01:26.43]My friends from theatre school [01:28.84]All thought I was a fool [01:31.92]For leaving Shakespeare for the music hall [01:36.43]And now my son's left home [01:38.64]And set out on his own [01:41.75]And the critics think we're quaint but set to fall [01:46.46]But they've only seen the show from the stalls [01:55.20]Once more to the boards [01:57.47]One more curtain call [01:59.88]Give the crowd everything [02:02.11]They're asking for and more [02:04.64]Always make them laugh [02:06.84]Try to make them cry [02:09.32]Always take the stage like [02:11.39]It's the last night of your life [02:14.00]And all the things [02:15.35]I've seen behind these tattered seams [02:18.83]And all the upturned faces [02:20.54]With the lamplight in their eyes [02:23.44]And each imperfect turn flickers as it burns [02:28.26]Only lasts a moment but for me they'll never die [02:35.68]We are respected [02:40.46]We're not remembered [02:43.99]We are the ghosts of Vaudeville [02:47.44]Unnumbered [02:53.23]We are the fathers of the halls [02:57.79]Yeah but we'll never be famous [03:01.73]We aren't just artists we are something more [03:05.62]We're entertainers [03:27.35]I smooth my thinning hair in a gilded mirror [03:32.63]To try to hide the tell-signs of my age [03:37.00]My name is Balthazar Impresario [03:42.59]And tonight will be [03:43.79]My last night on the stage