Well, hello Charlie, hello Charlie
It's raining here just like a symphony
My bed is home fast asleep
And my money's left without me
Well, I hear our kind died out long ago
with Halley's comet; Larry, Curley and Moe
But we shall return like the winter snow
nobody knows when though
Till then it's just this

Vaudeville, vaudeville
We'll kill the sorrow yes we will
It's coming off the window sill
Come back, come back to vaudeville

So where's this last chance you always said she'd leave you
You turn up empty handed, even the doorman won't see you
He just hands you anote, says read it while you're walking
You can't hardly tell who wrote it but you can hear her voice talking
Saying give up the ghost, tomorrow's no safe haven
You're going to crash along for years
And wind up locked in some strange room
Raving about the stars blinking like heartbeats
And forever whispering like a woman in the summer heat
And don't let go of me, don't let go of me, don't let go of me
Don't you befooled, it's only

Vaudeville,vaudeville
we'll kill the sorrow yes we will
You got to come in off the window, man
Come in of the window
Come in off the window sill
Come back, come back, come back
To vaudeville

Well across the moon geese are flying now
Across the same stars our grandfathers wished upon
And the wish they made they made for for you
and the sorrow they braved you can brave it too
The autumn winds are gathering
In the belly of the blazing moon
As she gives up her light, seeding the night
with all that might yet come true
And the morning rises like another chance
and the daylight like a road at your feet
And you go bustling out into the world
Like somebody with promises to keep
But promise me, promise me

Vaudeville, vaudeville
We'll kill the sorrow, 1 promise we will
You've got to come in off the window sill
Come back, come back, come back
Come back, come back, come back
Come on back, come on back, come on back
To vaudeville
Come back to vaudeville
....be right here waiting

Words and Music © 1986 by Frank Tedesso