baby although i chose this lonely life it seems it s strangling me now all the wild men big cigars gigantic cars they re all laughing at me now oh i ve been used ooh hoo i ve been taken for a fool oh what a fool i broke all the rules ooh yeah but i won t let the show go on baby there s an enormous crowd of people and they re all after my blood i wish maybe they d tear down the walls of this theater and let me out let me out oh i ve been so blind yeah i ve wasted time wasted wasted oh so much time walking on the wire high wire yeah but i won t let the show go on i ve been so blind oh yes i ve been so blind wasted my time wasted so much time walking on the wire high wire yeah but i won t let the show go on baby i wish you d help me escape and help me get away leave me outside my address far away from this masquerade i ve been so used i ve been so abused i ve been a fool i broke all the rules i ve been so used oh and abused but i won t let the show go but i won t let the show oh won t let the show go on