[Verse 1a]
If you trust in me, I'll not let you down;
In you I know at last I know I've found
What I'd been looking for:
Simplicity
We will set the world alight
[Verse 1b]
The leather gear will have to go;
People get the wrong idea, you know
And though the leash allows
Some latitude
You must be on stage on time
[Chorus]
Each night;
Watching you from the wings
Pulling each other's strings
As we spin arm-in-arm
And the spell binds us tight;
Here's where you wanted to go
And at the end of the show
I'll turn out the lights
[Verse 2a]
All my worthlessness went up in smoke;
I forgave the jibes and tasteless jokes
At least a tenth of them
For still I felt
You would shield me from the storm
[Verse 2b]
Our vices grip, both yours and mine;
It is not by choice that I'm inclined
To seek the cannon's mouth
Amid the libel laws
You must be in court on time
[Chorus]
Each night;
Watching you from the wings
Pulling each other's strings
As we spin arm-in-arm
And the spell binds us tight;
Here's where you wanted to go
And at the end of the show
I'll turn out the lights