Can't Stop The Show Lyrics - Stan Ridgway

There's a man in a booth with a quarter in there 

And a girl out on the runway with peroxide in her hair 

Move 'em in quick, they pay out 

And then they just sit there and stare 

Now drink that drink and smoke that smoke 

Old mister johnson turns blue and starts to choke 

Somebody slap him on the back 

Now the curtains go up 

And both lights go on 

And betsy's out there in her birthday suit 

Spinnin' her baton 

Chorus: 

And they don't know what we know 

Nobody knows what we know 

(and) no matter what they try to do 

They can't stop the show 

Now, girls, I'm proud of every one of you 

Cass, spit out your gum, it don't look good when you chew 

And I've told you time and time before 

You're a showgirl, not a whore 

Jack, pick up the phone, is it those jerks again? 

You'd think they'd know by now that these girls just dance and grin 

Just good clean entertainment 

We don't handle no tricky-business in here 

The curtains go up 

And both lights go on 

And betsy's in her birthday suit 

Spinnin' her baton 

But I think she did it better last year 

Before her boyfriend broke her arm 

Chorus: 

And they don't know what we know 

Nobody knows what we know 

And no matter what they try to do 

They can't stop the show repeat four more times