When the Curtain Calls For You

[Verse 1]
Oh, what do children do with these colors so hallow?
Yes, I know their will is true but their throats hurt to swallow
An orphan with his gruel in a theater, oh, so cruel
What do children do?

[Verse 2]
I saw some faces today
They smiled, yeah, they smiled at me and you
And the bay in the maple trees
Nothing in their faces looked real, real, real to me and you
I'm gonna keep it with me anyway

[Pre-Chorus]
What do children do, do, do?
What do children do, do, do?

[Chorus]
So when the curtain parts for you
The tiers are full of the laughter you will come in bloom
I'll be up there somewhere
Just a-hanging from the rafters
I'll be swinging from the rafters for you

[Verse 3]
And we'll make the movie with Victorian steeples
My heart under all these people
Like a sugar cake can look so good on a china plate
It makes the world seem sweeter now
Mary's on the swings but I'm on the grass
Nothing will pass forever
So give me my coat and hand me my camera
And we'll shoot the film, with the lighting right
A beautiful hymn how I like to remember
The perfect pretender whose movie is about, 'bout to begin
Another lovely hymn
And I'm ready now and the show was oh, so precious
Oh, so precious tonight