Only Acting

When I step onto the stage

See the curtain raise

I'm apparent

I've got someone to play

All the crowd are in the seats

Looking straight at me

For an answer

They just get what they see

They applaud and the usher's locking the door

'Til the matinee

So I get to know the cast

Though it doesn't last

I'm a pro but

I won't take it too far

Now I know I shouldn't get

Comfy on the set

Every time it

All comes down in the end

That's the truth that the stage school doesn't teach you

But it's good to know

It takes much more than just learning a script

You see you gotta take the part and believe it

Oh- I sometimes make up all of my lines on the spot

But I will always give what I got

I thought I was only acting

But I felt exactly like it was all for real

I sure didn't know it hurt so

But then no rehearsal could

Show you how to feel inside

What you gotta hide

Where to put your pride

When to realise you've had your time

Find another role

Carry on the show

You should be able to feel a performance

With your whole body and soul

Now I'm gonna teach you everything I know

And you and you and you and you

Oh- I sometimes make up all of my lines on the spot

But I will always give what I got

I thought I was only acting

But I felt exactly like it was all for real

I sure didn't know it hurt so

But then no rehearsal could

Show you how to feel inside

What you gotta hide

Where to put your pride

When to realise you've had your time

Find another role

Carry on the show

I thought I was only acting

But I felt exacexacexacexaexa

What you gotta hide