MOTHER On the stage, on the stage I've got to be up on the stage and if I could, I'd run away but I've got to be up on the stage DAUGHTER I On the stage, on the stage I want to be up on the stage and if I could, I'd run away somewhere to be up on that stage MOTHER On the stage, on the stage, I've HAVE to be up on the stage, all of my bills won't go away, so, my duty is on the stage DAUGHTER II On the stage, on the stage, I've got to be up on the stage, TOO and by God, I will find a way to be somewhere up on the stage MOTHER The filter that I use to keep my babies safe in back of me for some reason is not working damn it, if I'll let it be MOTHER (spoken)Besides.... It's a phase, it's a phase, anyway, I think I'm late but if I could, I would erase, my being on that blasted stage DAUGHTER I Not a phase, Mommy stay, listen to me, I hope and pray, you understand I can't erase, wanting to be up on the stage MOTHER The filter that I used to keep, my babies took away from me and damn it, I don't want to see or hear what they're telling me... MOTHER AND DAUGHTERS On the stage, on the stage, I've got to be up on the stage and if I could, I'd run away somewhere to be up on the stage REPEAT, THEN END WITH LAST LINE: MOTHER somewhere to be up on the stage DAUGHTERS somewhere to be up on the stage copyright 2007 Rose Loya