When I’m down And filled with gloom And feel like I can’t compete I slip into my old tap shoes And dance around with two left feet
With one click of my heels Scrape of my toes The walls of my room unglue And on that marquee It says that you love me The shows sold out So it must be true To everyone in the room
The house lights dim The curtain is raised It’s just me and that empty stage The crowd explodes with a glorious roar That tells me everything thing is OK
With one tip of my hat The orchestra plays That timeless Vaudeville tune And to my surprise I notice your eyes Following my every move We got nothing to prove
So I reach out my hand And pull you up to me A brush on the cheek for luck With a confident smile we sway for awhile Until we float high above
The stress of the day The weight of the world That things that we felt as a kid All there is now Is the glorious sound Of four tapping shoes and a kiss
Cause that’s what I miss
The house lights dim The curtain is raised It’s just me and that empty stage The crowd explodes with a glorious roar That tells me everything thing is OK