The Show Must Go On
Three Dog Night
- written by Leo Sayer and David Alexander Courtney
- as recorded by Three Dog Night (released March 16, 1974)
- entered the Billboard Top 40 the week of April 13, 1974 and
  stayed for 12 weeks, peaking at #4 the week of May 25, 1974.

Baby, although I chose this lonely life
It seems it's stranglin' me now
All the wild men, big cigars, gigantic car
They're all laughin' at the lie

  Oh, I've been used  Ooo-oo-oo-oo
  I've been a fool  Oh, what a fool
  I broke all the rules  Oh, yeah
  But I must let the show go on

Baby, there's an enormous crowd of people
They're all after my blood
I wish maybe they'd tear down the walls of this theatre
Let me out, let me out

  Oh, I'm so blind  Oh, I'm blind
  I wasted time  Wasted, wasted, wasted time
  Walkin' on the wire, high wire
  But I must let the show go on

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  Oh, I'm so blind  Oh, I'm blind
  I wasted time  Wasted, wasted, all too much time
  Walkin' on the wire, high wire
  But I must let the show go on

Baby, I wish you'd help me escape
Help me get away
Leave me outside my address
Far away from this masquerade

  'Cause I've been blind  Oh, so blind
  I wasted time  Wasted, wasted, all too much time
  Walkin' on the wire, high wire
  But I must let the show go..
   I must let the show go..
   I must let the show go on