Lyrics

Star of the Show

It's a cold and rainy night, the detective is working vice

It's not prime time tv, you really don't live twice


The victim lies there on the steps covered with a sheet
The blinking lights of the cars are like a carnival in the street


I walk on past a shudder runs up and down my spine
Look where you're going, you'd better look behind


Caught up in the action just like on tv
Only I can't switch the channel
This is happening to me

I walk these streets alone tonight, the wind biting at my face
But I'm in no hurry to go home tonight so I slow down the pace

The sitcom rerun couple is having another fight
Falling asleep on the couch, will he ever get it right?

Caught up in the action just like on tv
Only I can't switch the channel
This is happening to me
I'm the star of the show, a one man comedy
(Instrumental)

The news advertises for itself which really doesn't make any sense
The late night comic tells a joke, but at whose expense?

If you've got 20/20 at prime time you'll see
TV journalists are pointing their cameras at you and me

We're caught up in the action even if we don't want to be
We can't escape the cameras, we've lost our privacy
We're the star of the show, our own tragedy

[[We're the star of the show, look at you and me]]