Step on the stage   the lights, the praise,   the curtain calls and the big parade   You know that life all too well      Promise the pain, the valor, the rage   Hold up your hands for the bow and the wave   You know his touch a little too well      You throw yourself into their arms   Mistresses have all the fun   But no one's ever there to take you home      Box up your gloves and your down coats   Bound for the sun and the west coast   Where upper crust tragedy is abound      A tip for the girl at the coat check   The guy at the door and the bar back   They know your face oh so well      But movies never made you famous   All your dreams got lost or traded   And all you ever cared about got lost   You were surely still an actress older men would find attractive   And all you ever dreamed of was the cost      Where there's gold there's a gold digger   Where there's gold there's a gold digger   Where there's gold there's a gold digger   Where there's gold there's a gold digger   Where there's gold there's a gold digger   Where there's gold there's a gold digger      You throw yourself into their arms   Mistresses have all the fun   But no one's ever there to take you home