On a cold night in a hotel in new orleans   Came the final blow   And somehow somewhere we lost sight   In our search for that pot of gold      And all that happened I don't understand   Could somebody here, somebody please explain to me   Cause I'm feeling so damn deceived      And I can't run, can't hide, can't get nothing right lately   Theatre of my soul....play on child      Ashes to ashes...light the good lord lays us down   Dust to dust, oh, no   The time has come to lay to rest the years   All the years it took this heart to trust      Maybe too much too soon, I couldn't get my head on straight   All that worry, just wasted time   And now it's much too late to save it      Long forgotten midnight dancer   Plays her final role   The curtain falls and I'm still standing   Theatre of my soul you left in vain   Could someone please explain, and I said      Solo      I know that nothing's the same   Riding blind on the winds of change   But in my head that scene just keeps on playing      Long forgotten midnight dancer   Plays her final role, oh, yes she does   Can't run, can't hide, can't get nothing right lately   The curtain falls and I'm still standing   In the theatre of my soul   Can't run, can't hide, can't get nothing right lately   When time it just keeps on passing,   I got to let it go, let it roll, let it roll, let it roll   Can't run, can't hide, can't get nothing right lately   I keep searching for those long lost answers   In the theatre of my soul   Theatre of my soul