Tempest Song

Caliban and Ariel they're playin' dice in the back hall

While Prospero sniffs magic dust in the bathroom stall

And the extras in the wings, they couldn't care less at all

They're just waiting for their moment on the stage

But me I'm all alone out here, the floodlights burn my eyes

The part that I've been playin' has cut me down to size

Wish I was in the crowd scene with all those other guys

I've lost my lines and everything's so strange

The ink keeps disappearing from the page

I thought I knew the script so well when I was safe at home

You played the part of a star and I played the part of a stone