Once upon a stage 
[and he been a phrase?] 
the public has come to see 
the sa-adest singer 

And he's playing, playing the song 
and it's a classic 
and his fingers, fingers are bleeding 
and his heart is aching out loud 

And the people are clapping and clapping and clapping 
and the song he is playing just goes on and on and on 
and it seems like it will never stop 
then everybody gets up and does a hop - yeah 

Then the entertainer 
chained to the piano 
gives a nervous grin 
to the massive crowd 

the day I really broke my heart 
and he sheds a tear, the audience applauds 
everyone shouting - he's so sincere 
I can't believe he's here 

The he does his famous 
song of sorrow and his melody of pain 
and he bows 
and the curtain falls 

And the white in his eyes 
is reflecting light from the ceiling 
as he prays alone a silent prayer 
to his lover whom he lost 
whom he sings about 
whom he thinks about all the time 
he sits for a little bit 
and then he writes another hit - ohohoh