Fame a la mode
 Flashbulbs explode
 All the electronic circuits overload
 When you are the show,
 Then you know the show,
 Must go on.

 Hitting the road
 Salaries over
 I'm responsible for shouldering the load
 When you are the show,
 Then you know the show,
 Must go on.

 Drag cicsel queen
 Wearing crush velveteen
 Can't someone slow down the machine ?
 Too much caffeine
 And too much nicotine
 Someone slow down the machine

 I'm longing for space
 Longing for time
 Why can't folks just say what they mean ?
 Why can't this ever-lovin' life I'm leading
 Ever feel clean ?
 Slow down the machine
 I really need so bad to unwind
 I really need to rest my mind

 Velvet stocade
 Spiked lemonade
 Fifty magazine reporters to persuade
 When you are the show,
 Then you know the show,
 Must go on.

 Making the grade
 Not getting paid
 I'm rehearsing for a ticker-tape parade
 When you are the show,
 Then you know the show,
 Must go on.

 Gotta get a scene, chippy, chip, chip scene
 Chippy, chip, chip, chip star-crippers's dream
 Please slow down the machine, trippy !
 Cream limousins,
 Black and blue scream
 Please

 Longing for space
 Longing for time
 Why can't folks just say what they mean ?
 Why can't this ever-lovin' life I'm leading ever feel clean ?
 Slow down the machine
 I really need so bad to unwind
 I really need to rest my mind