Curtain Call

[Verse 1]

Ebony beauty

Pass this shade

The looking glass reflects

Then a voice calls me back

"This is just circumstance

It is not personal"

Oh no, it never is

Then you ram your hand in your bag

For a little friendly substance

[Pre-Chorus]

By the time you're 25

They will say, "You've gone and blown it"

By the time you're 35, I must confide

You will have blown them all

Right on cue, just act surprised

When they invite you to take

[Chorus]

Your curtain call

You climbed China's wall

Your curtain call

[Verse 2]

I have done what I've done

And it has the ultimate consequence

Then a voice calls me back

"This is not business, no

It's more like spiritual"

Is that what it is?

Then you ram your hand in your bag

For a little protection

[Pre-Chorus]

By the time you're 25

They will say, "You've gone and blown it"

By the time you're 35, I must confide

You will have blown them all

Right on cue, just act surprised

When they invite you to take

[Chorus]

Your curtain call

You climbed China's wall

Your curtain call

They closed China's wall

Curtain call

[Outro]

Ebony beauty

Pass this shade

The looking glass reflects