Music Man - Jackie DeShannon

Please the crowd, play it loud, you mustn’t let them know

That something deep inside you isn’t right

And you hurt because you’re missin'

The girl who came to listen

When you perform tonight, music man

You’ve got to play your music like you’ve never played before

Give your all, fill the hall and don’t look out the door

Just pretend the footlights are too bright

When you notice that she’s missin'

And you know she won’t be listenin'

When you perform tonight, music man

You gotta show 'em you can

Do your songs just the way that you had planned

You must control the fumbling things of your guilty hand

Music man, they’re waiting for your closing set

You can sell, but never tell that something’s been upset

And suddenly your music seems so trite

'Cause you notice that she’s missin'

And you know she won’t be listenin'

When you perform tonight, music man

You must control the fumbling things of your guilty hand

Music man

You gotta show 'em you can

Music man

You gotta show us all that you can

Music man

No, won’t you show that you can

Music man

Yeah, you gotta show 'em, show 'em that you can

Music man

Music man, now show us that you can