Inishmore - The Theatre Of My Life: Act I: The Sign lyrics

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Down on Skid Row, <br />

Where all the fallen people use to go, <br />

A sign is hanging beside the street<br />

Saying something I can hardly read.<br />

A beggar sitting next to it every day<br />

And I am wondering what the sign could say.<br />

I can't get this out of my mind<br />

I can't resist anymore<br />

Now's the time I want to know! <br />

I'm walking up to the board<br />

Ancient letters invite me to the show... <br />

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[Chorus]<br />

It's a sign on the street<br />

That is catching my sight<br />

It will guide me into the night, <br />

A sign on the street<br />

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Weather-beaten and decayed<br />

A tombstone for those who have failed<br />

Paying for this play I walk up to the door, <br />

Entering a new dimension as I have never seen before.<br />

Overwhelmed by this 19th century entrance hall<br />

A pale light of candles is shining from the wall<br />

I walk into the theatre through a curtain, <br />

On the other side everything seems so uncertain.<br />

In the room hardly any light is near<br />

And none of the audience realises that I'm here.<br />

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[Chorus]<br />

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The people in this hall so strange I'd love to run<br />

Like creatures managing their lives in the shadow of the sun.<br />

But something holds me back I can't let go, <br />

As I hear the magic words "welcome to the show"