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 [x6]    You throw yourself into their arms  Mistresses have all the fun  But no one's ever there to take you home