(Carole Bayer-Sager & Peter Allen)



Quiet please, there's a lady on stage 

She may not be the latest rage 

But she's singing and she means it 

And she deserves a little silence 



Quiet please, there's a woman up there 

And she's been honest through her songs 

Long before your consciousness was raised 

Doesn't that deserve a little praise 



So put your hands together and help her along 

All that's left of the singer's 

All that's left of the song 

Stand for the ovation 

And give her one last celebration 



Quiet please, there's a person up there 

And she's been singing of the things 

That none of us could bear to hear for ourselves

Give her your respect if nothing else 



Quiet please, there's a lady on stage 

Conductor, turn the final page 

And when it's over we can all go home 

But she lives on -- on the stage alone.