No Rehearsal

No Rehearsal - Jethro Tull

Written by：Ian Anderson

Did you learn your lines today

Well there is no rehearsal

The tickets have all been sold

For tomorrow's matinee

There's a telegram from the writer

But there is no rehearsal

The electrician has been told

To make the spotlights brighter

There's one seat in the circle

Five hundred million in the stalls

Simply everyone will be there

But the safety curtain falls

When the bomb that's in the dressing room

Blows the windows from their frames

And the prompter in his corner

Is sorry that he came

There's one seat in the circle

Five hundred million in the stalls

Simply everyone will be there

But the safety curtain falls

When the bomb that's in the dressing room

Blows the windows from their frames

And the prompter in his corner

Is sorry that he came

When the bomb that's in the dressing room

Blows the windows from their frames

And the prompter in his corner

Is sorry that he came

Did you learn your lines today

Well there is no rehearsal

The interval will last

Until the ice cream lady melts away

The twelve piece orchestra are here

But there is no rehearsal

The first violinist's hands are chilled

He's gone deaf in both ears

Well the scenery is colourful

But the paint is so damn thin

You see the wall behind is crumbling

And the stage door is bricked in

But the audience keep arriving 'till

They're standing in the wings

And we take the final curtain call

And the ceiling crashes in