R-304 · Artist collection
Everybody Take Your Places
In the PACEX catalogue from day 62 of your tour.
Tracks
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01The Understudy's Night2:46
[Verse 1] I've said his words into a mirror I've worn his coat behind the flats I've learned the way he lifts an eyebrow I've learned the way he tips his hat Tonight his car is in a ditch Tonight the house is full and bright The dresser says to mind the buttons It's the understudy's night [Chorus] Put my name outside Put it where the people see Let them ask who on earth I am Let them pay to look at me I've been waiting in the wings Till the wings were growing tight Raise the curtain, leave it raised It's the understudy's night [Verse 2] I missed the graceful little gesture I found a pause he never used I heard a laugh where there was silence I saw the front row look confused And all the things I knew by heart Began to sit a different way The man who wasn't here to play him Was the man I couldn't play [Bridge] I thought I'd need his voice I thought I'd need his face But when the curtain opened There was only me in place [Final Chorus] Put my name outside Put it where the people see Let them ask who on earth I am Let them pay to look at me He can have his coat tomorrow He can have his usual light But he cannot have this evening It's the understudy's night
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02Promotion for the Mannequin2:07
[Verse 1] I measure legs from nine to six I brush the lint, I pin the pleat I tell a man he looks distinguished When he cannot see his feet The fellow in the window Has the best suit in the place He never shifts a single tie He's got a very promising face [Chorus] Promotion for the mannequin A better collar, brighter grin He never asks for Saturday He never lets a customer in Promotion for the mannequin The manager has taken him on I've sold a hundred overcoats And all he's sold is being thin [Verse 2] They gave him gloves at Christmas They gave him shoes in May They stood a lovely lady by him Just to brighten up his day They say he sets an example Of the kind of man to be So I stood perfectly still at noon They docked a half-hour's pay from me [Bridge] I'm taking off my tape measure I'm trying on my own good shoes There's a vacancy outside this window For a fellow who can move [Final Chorus] Promotion for the mannequin A better collar, brighter grin He can have my sales position Let the customers come in Promotion for the mannequin I've left my name beside the pin I'm going out to earn a living With a little living in
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