"On Stage" lyrics

I was living the life
Scaling the heights
Never wondering why, on stage

There was room at the top
And I was going non-stop
'Round the clock, on stage

Oh, but the crowds I faced
I gave it all way
Being easy to sway on stage

I needed to be loved
And it fit me like a glove
I couldn't get enough on stage

When they read me the rites
Turn down the light
They turned 'em down to the common time
Where are they now?
Where are they now?
When a man's on display
I'm busy fading away
And to see them and you'd say
"Hey, where are they now? Where are they now?"

Take a laugh at the clown
'Cause you can knock off his crown
But you won't put him down off stage

I get my attitude clean
I was lean and mean
Letting off steam, on stage

As strange as it seems
I never lost my dream
But that was five long years
And where are they now?
Where are they now?

I play the end, no fear
I play the box on wheels
I play it for a meal
And where are they now?
Where are they now?

And in the back of my mind
I recall the first time
And the fear as I climbed on stage

Yeah, you never forget
The heartbeat and sweat
You get your destiny set on stage
Yeah

I see the crowd coming in as the show begins
I thought I heard myself singing out
"Where are they now? Where are they now?"
The friends that are lost
The friends that have passed
Oh, the gain and the lost
Where are they now?
Where are they now?

Yeah, but then turns to might
Yeah, they're dimmin' the lights
Building up to the fight on stage

So we enter the hall
To a hole in the wall
To a roar of applause on stage
Hit it

Yeah
Alright

All that glitters and gold
No matter what you've been told
Life being all rock 'n roll
Be true to your heart and soul on stage

Be true to your heart and soul on stage
Be true to your heart and soul on stage