Stan Ridgway - Can't Stop the Show Lyrics
There's a man in a booth with a quarter in thereAnd a girl out on the runway with peroxide in her hairMove 'em in quick, they pay outAnd then they just sit there and stareNow drink that drink and smoke that smokeOld mister johnson turns blue and starts to chokeSomebody slap him on the backNow the curtains go upAnd both lights go onAnd betsy's out there in her birthday suitSpinnin' her batonChorus:And they don't know what we knowNobody knows what we know(and) no matter what they try to doThey can't stop the showNow, girls, I'm proud of every one of youCass, spit out your gum, it don't look good when you chewAnd I've told you time and time beforeYou're a showgirl, not a whoreJack, pick up the phone, is it those jerks again?You'd think they'd know by now that these girls just dance and grinJust good clean entertainmentWe don't handle no tricky-business in hereThe curtains go upAnd both lights go onAnd betsy's in her birthday suitSpinnin' her batonBut I think she did it better last yearBefore her boyfriend broke her armChorus:And they don't know what we knowNobody knows what we knowAnd no matter what they try to doThey can't stop the show repeat four more times
