"This Is Not The Way" lyrics

[Jackie:]
I won't throw in the towel in just yet
I won't shrug my shoulders and give into the gloom
I was never someone to heed the voice of doom
I have always been the fighter

Yeah, I know we're drowning in debt
Yeah, I know it seems our Midas touch is gone
But I will find the switch that'll turn the lights back on
Turn them back on even brighter

Let's not roll the credits
There's more to come for certain
Before the final curtain descends
This is not the way our movie ends

We're not staying down in this hole
Though it seems our big life is sliding back to small
We know there's an audience rooting for our fall
They can save their boos and hisses

'Cause now I will be taking control
If it's up to me, well, okay, full-speed ahead
I've learned if you never say "die", you're never dead
And I've been in worse spots than this is

This is not the story of how the Siegels blew it
If I'm the one on who it depends
I will get us back our groove
Just give me my chance to prove
This is not the way our movie ends

American royalty
I've still got the chance to be
Some folks can live with a lack
I took a different attack
And, hell, I'm not going back
Lights, camera, action!
Lights!

[Ensemble:]
Lights!

[Jackie & ensemble:]
Camera!

[Jackie (ensemble):]
Action! (Action!)
Quiet on the set, here we go (Here we go)

[Jackie:]
Things are looking hopeless, but

[Jackie & ensemble:]
We know it's a fact

[Jackie:]
In America, you can

[Jackie & ensemble:]
Have a second act

[Jackie (ensemble):]
So despite the current trends (Ah, ah, ah-ah-ah...)
Watch this time next year when I (So I...)
Toast the opening of Versailles (Without Versailles...)
This is not the way that my (Here's hoping this is not the way my movie)
Movie happy (Ends!)
Ends!