Final Exit

When the bright lights go down tonight

I'll be standin' on the stage alone

No more pretendin' to be a star

No more tryin' to be known

I haven't had an easy life

I worked hard each step of the way

Always chasin' my dreams and hopes

But losin' them in every play

So tired of playin' someone else

It's my turn now to be me

But I've lived to long upon the stage

And there's no audience to see

Tonight there's no curtain call

There's no entrances to stall

No one to care if I fall-

It's just my final exit

The lights blink out- the stage is black

I'm wrapped in Nightshade's tender arms

While she comforts me, the world recedes

And I contemplate her charms

Just time for one last look around

As I'm sinkin' down to the floor

I may be shakin' but I'm not afraid

Just waitin' at Death's open door

Tonight there's no curtain call

There's no entrances to stall

No one to care if I fall-

Just my final exit

No more make up- it's only me

Leavin' all life's insanity!

So now the world's all offstage

My play of life, filled with sorrow

Will soon be done as I lived it-

Alone- and I know that tomorrow...

There'll be no curtain call

No more entrances to stall

No one cared 'bout me at all

To see my final exit.

-KAS, 4/14/96
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