"The Front Row" lyrics

Well they're sitting in the front row once again
They were there last year when hardly no one came
And when we were trying hard
To make the people understand
They were singing right along
Giving us a hand....,
From the front row

Everybody else was wearing easy kinda clothes
She wore silk and him a velvet coat
Which made us feel like we were special
In a special show
Didn't have to say a word, just let us know
From the front row

And the faces in the front row
Come from every walk of life
Each one has a story to tell
They don't know that from the stage
I see them all so clear
Sometimes can read their thoughts as well
Well their faces are transparent
When the listen to your song
They mind the years away for now they're free
From the ordinary body
In the ordinary chair
They're up with you in the floodlights
No longer sitting there
In the front row

The quiet little man
Who often came through mud and rain
He was late, the old cart took the blame
But he nearly always made it
He never would be beat
Until this year got beyond him
And I see an empty seat....,
In the front row

And the faces in the front row
Come from every walk of life
Each one has a story to tell
They don't know that from the stage
I see them all so clear
Sometimes can read their thoughts as well
Well their faces are transparent
When the listen to your song
They mind the years away for now they're free
From the ordinary body
In the ordinary chair
They're up with you in the floodlights
No longer sitting there
In the front row
In the front row