《Down the Curtain》歌词

[00:00:00] Down the Curtain - Gracie Fields

[00:00:04] Oh dear dear dear dear

[00:00:05] Oh mister stage manager please

[00:00:07] I can't sing tonight

[00:00:08] You can't sing tonight

[00:00:09] No I'm terribly sorry

[00:00:10] I can't sing tonight

[00:00:11] You must sing tonight

[00:00:12] Your public's waiting

[00:00:13] Oh blow the public It's impossible

[00:00:15] I can't sing I can't explain I'm sorry

[00:00:17] Go out an' knock 'em cold baby

[00:00:19] The show must go on

[00:00:20] Oh dear Oh dear I can't

[00:00:23] "Ring down the curtain I can't sing tonight

[00:00:26] Their money back you'll have to pay

[00:00:30] Ring down the curtain I can't sing tonight

[00:00:33] This take me false teeth away "

[00:00:38] The theatre was packed from the pit to the stalls

[00:00:41] The show was about to begin

[00:00:44] The baritone villain stood there in the wings

[00:00:47] On his face was a dastardly grin

[00:00:50] The tenor had just finished padding his chest

[00:00:53] And was gracefully waving his hair

[00:00:57] The overture started

[00:00:58] The curtain went up

[00:01:00] When the heroine cried in despair:

[00:01:03] "Oh ring down the curtain

[00:01:05] I can't sing tonight

[00:01:07] Oh dash it I wish I was dead

[00:01:10] I can't sing tonight with me tonsils in sight

[00:01:13] I haven't a tooth in me head "

[00:01:18] The manager said that the show must go on

[00:01:21] He was in a terrible rage

[00:01:24] The baritone gave the soprano a push

[00:01:27] That shot her headfirst on the stage

[00:01:31] "You can't " cried the tenor

[00:01:32] "Strike one your own size "

[00:01:34] Then leaped on the stage amid cheers

[00:01:37] He said "What's the do "

[00:01:39] Because that was his cue

[00:01:40] And the heroine cried through her tears:

[00:01:43] "Oh ring down the curtain

[00:01:46] I can't sing tonight "

[00:01:47] She stood there and twiddled her thumbs

[00:01:50] The villain said "Gnash me "

[00:01:52] She said "No I can't

[00:01:54] I can't gnash with only me gums "

[00:01:59] The heroine swooned on a velvet settee

[00:02:02] But jumped up again with an "Ouch "

[00:02:05] Which rapidly turned to a cry of delight

[00:02:08] For there were her teeth on the couch

[00:02:11] The lovers embraced as she slipped in her teeth

[00:02:15] She turned with a smile on her face

[00:02:18] She opened her throat and let out a note

[00:02:21] That smashed ev'ry glass in the place

[00:02:29] "Ring down the curtain

[00:02:30] You can't sing tonight

[00:02:32] Or else you'll be put on the spot

[00:02:35] Some voices we've heard were a pain in the neck

[00:02:39] But yours is the worst of the lot "

[00:02:41] "Oh ring up the curtain

[00:02:43] I will sing tonight

[00:02:45] In spite of your laughter and jeers

[00:02:48] If you're so upset by my beautiful voice

[00:02:51] Then put cotton wool in your ears "

[00:03:02] "You can't sing tonight "