Life on the Wicked Stage Lyrics
Life on the Wicked Stage - Marge Champion/Gower Champion
Lyrics by：Marge Champion/Gower Champion
Composed by：Marge Champion/Gower Champion
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't ever what a girl supposes
Stage-door Johnnies aren't
Raging over you with gems and roses
When you let a feller hold your hand
Which means an extra beer or sandwich
Ev'rybody whispers
Ain't her life a whirl
Though you're warned against a roué
Ruining your reputation
When you played around
The one night trade around
A great big nation
Wild old men who give you jewels and sables
Only live in Aesop's Fables
Life upon the wicked stage
Ain't nothin' for a girl
Though we've listened to you moan and grieve
You must pardon us if we do not believe you
There is no doubt
You're crazy about
Your awful stage
I admit it's fun
To smear my face with paint
Causing ev'ryone
To think I'm what I ain't
And I like to play a demi-mondy role
With soul
Ask the hero does he like the way I lure
When I play a hussy or a paramour
Yet when once the curtain's down
My life is pure
And how I dread it