Cant Stop The Show — текст песни (Stan Ridgway)

Theres a man in a booth with a quarter in there

And a girl out on the runway with peroxide in her hair

Move em in quick, they pay out

And then they just sit there and stare



Now drink that drink and smoke that smoke

Old mister johnson turns blue and starts to choke

Somebody slap him on the back





Now the curtains go up

And both lights go on

And betsys out there in her birthday suit

Spinnin her baton





Chorus:

And they dont know what we know

Nobody knows what we know

(and) no matter what they try to do

They cant stop the show







Now, girls, Im proud of every one of you

Cass, spit out your gum, it dont look good when you chew

And Ive told you time and time before

Youre a showgirl, not a whore

Jack, pick up the phone, is it those jerks again?

Youd think theyd know by now that these girls just dance and grin

Just good clean entertainment

We dont handle no tricky-business in here





The curtains go up

And both lights go on

And betsys in her birthday suit

Spinnin her baton

But I think she did it better last year

Before her boyfriend broke her arm





Chorus:

And they dont know what we know

Nobody knows what we know

And no matter what they try to do

They cant stop the show repeat four more times