The Nylon Curtain lyrics

Where's the orchestra?
Wasn't this supposed to be a musical?
Here I am in the balcony
How the hell could I have missed the overture?

I like the scenery
Even though I have absolutely no
Idea at all
What is being said
Despite the dialogue

There's the leading man
The movie star who never faced an audience

Where's the orchestra?
After all
This is my big night on the town

Don't get excited, don't say a word
Nobody noticed, nothing was heard
It was committed discreetly
It was handled so neatly
And it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know

Break all the records, burn the cassettes
I'd be lying if I told you that I had no regrets
There were so many mistakes
And what a difference it makes
But still it shouldn't surprise you at all, you know

Turn on all the Christmas lights
Cause baby's coming home tonight
I can hear her footsteps in the street
Turn the choral music higher
Pile more wood upon the fire
That should make the atmosphere complete
I've had to wait forever
But better late than never

She's just in time for me
She's right on time
She's right where she should be
She's right on time

I'm a man with so much tension

The sins of Amsterdam were still a recent surprise
And we were flying over Scandinavian Skies
We climbed towards the sun, we turned and cursed as one
We pulled the shades and closed our eyes, eyes

The Stockholm city lights were slowly starting to rise
And we were strapped against those Scandinavian skies
The landing gear came down and touched the Swedish ground

You've got diamonds and I've got spades
You've got pills and I've got razor blades
You've got yoga honey, I've got beer
You got overpriced and I got weird

But it's alright
We're the same even though we're alone
It's alright
Yes we all need a room of our own

You've got love darlin', I've got sex
You've got cash, mama, and I've got checks
You've got business, baby, I've got the kids

We met as soul mates
On Parris Island
We left as inmates
From an asylum
And we were sharp
As sharp as knives
And we were so gung ho
To lay down our lives
We came in spastic
Like tameless horses
We left in plastic
As numbered corpses
And we learned fast
To travel light
Our arms were heavy
But our bellies were tight
We had no home front
We had no soft soap
They sent us Playboy
They gave us Bob Hope

Laura
Calls me
In the middle of the night
Passes on her
Painful information
Then these careless fingers
They get caught in her vice
Til they're bleeding
On my coffee table
Living alone isn't all that
It's cracked up to be
I'm on her side
Why does she push the poison on me?
Laura
Has a very hard time
All her life has
Been one long disaster
Then she tells me
She suddenly believes she's seen

You have to learn to pace yourself
Pressure
You're just like everybody else
Pressure
You've only had to run so far
So good
But you will come to a place
Where the only thing you feel
Are loaded guns in your face
And you'll have to deal with
Pressure
You used to call me paranoid
Pressure
But even you cannot avoid
Pressure
You turned the tap dance into your crusade
Now here you are with your faith

Well we're living here in Allentown
And they're closing all the factories down
Out in Bethlehem they're killing time
Filling out forms
Standing in line
Well our fathers fought the Second World War
Spent their weekends on the Jersey Shore
Met our mothers in the USO
Asked them to dance
Danced with them slow
And we're living here in Allentown
But the restlessness was handed down