i'm inviting you to my vaudeville
"oui encore" you say, "and on with the show"
ladies, gentlemen, before i sing to you
the light that shines twice as bright,
burns half as long.  [bad word] let me entertain you all 
leave all your troubles big and small
life's a ball, life's a ball.
hitch a ride on my crooked merry-go-round
hear the clinking-clanking sound 
of the song that i bring 

take my song, take my hand, never let me down,
like love let me down, like love pushed me around 

so long, goodbye, i lost, did try
this is the last song i'll ever sing
the last song i'll sing 

i played in the cabaret of love
i wore heart, fist and glove.
push and shove, push and shove....
and all for love 

take my song, take my hand, never let me down,
like love let me down, like love pushed me around 

so long, goodbye, i lost, did try
this is the last song i'll ever sing
the last song i'll sing
this is the last song i'll ever sing
the last song i'll sing 

here, with words that can't be said
we take songs to our bed
sing - a - long, sing - a - long.... to my last song.