| <Frank Turner> page <Daytrotter Session: Big Orange Studios (November 17th, 2011 - Austin, TX)> album page |
Balthazar, ImpresarioMy name is Balthazar, ImpresarioAnd you'll find me at the bottom of the page I have artist's hands, though I'm a working man But my craft has been forgotten by the age So tonight will be my last night on the stage This is my family's trade, my father built this place At the turning of the twentieth century I have been working here, for some fifty years But the young these days are glued to TV screens And the old girl is dying on her feet Once more to the boards One more curtain call Give the crowd everything they're asking for and more Always make them laugh Try to make them cry Always take the stage like it's the last night of your life My friends from theatre school all thought I was a fool For leaving Shakespeare for the music hall And now my son's left… |