If I couldn't singHow love's the hardest easy thingAnd if I couldn't sing you my lifeHiding here in the spotlightAnd if you couldn't hear me
If I couldn't feelIf I couldn't feel your touch againWhen nerve ends fray and there's nothing to sayNot even a prayerIt's a beautiful night somewhere
Oh, ohIf I couldn't say it nowTell me how
If this is loveAnd love is all we've gotYou can show me what it isI can show you what it's not
If this is loveDon't act surprised when you get hurtEven if our dreams lay in the dirtWe were once the greatest show on earth
Is that a smile or a tear?Is it all show business here?The cinema that is stained glassYou're at the altar at our wedding massIs this a church of love or fear?Have we made God feel like a stranger here?
Oh, ohSay it nowTell me how
If this is loveAnd love is all we've gotYou can show me what it isI can show you what it's notIf this is loveWe make cathedrals of our hurtPeople digging their dreams out of the dirtWe were once the greatest show on earth
Love is a business that works at nightI sold myself for less than was rightYou taught me what I was worthIn the greatest show on earthMade a profession out of breaking your heartYou called it lies, I called it artI was so on your best wordWe were once the greatest show on earth
Love is a business you shouldn't trustBreathe on me and I'm loving and I'm lustForever or a flirt?The greatest show on earth
The light scatters, things can get worseThese dark matters of the universeCould not compete with usWe were once the greatest show on earth