Nellie Takes Her Bow Lyrics - Electric Light Orchestra

Who thanked the Lord for the clothes 

That she wore and mended 

Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes 

Who won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow 

Nellie there's a different world backstage 

I see the flood lights burning 

I hear the band play on 

Now Nellie takes her bow 

She said she really could not stay 

She had a brand new play to play 

And so she paints her face and smiles 

And she'll be someone else in a while 

I see the flood lights burning 

I hear the band play on 

Now Nellie takes her bow 

Just a lonely girl 

Who could not face a broken world 

And so she acts out all her dreams 

And wishes that's how it had been 

But when the audience is near 

It seems as though she doesn't even care 

I see the flood lights burning 

I hear the band play on 

Now Nellie takes her bow 

Nellie just sent me a line 

To tell me she was doing fine 

She got the lead and on Broadway 

And now they're digging her today 

And as she turns the final page 

Living someone's life upon the stage 

I see the flood lights burning 

I hear the band play on 

Now Nellie takes her bow