Who thanked the Lord for the clothes that she wore and mended
C7 F G CNellie with the big old fashioned eyes
C C+ AmWho won the heart of a crowd tore apart, took a bow
Nellie there's a different world backstage
I see the flood lights burning
I hear the band play on
Bb Am Gm F F CNow Nel---lie takes her bow
C C+ Am
She said she really could not stay
C7 F G CNellie she had a brand new play to play
And so she paints her face and smiles
F G CAnd she'll be some one else in a while
(Chorus)C C+Just another lonely girl who could not face a broken world
AmAnd so she acts out all her dreams
and wishes that's how it had been
FBut when the audience is near
G CIt seems as though she doesn't seem to care
Nellie just sent me a line to tell me she was doing fine
AmShe got the lead and on Brodway
C7And now they're digging her today
And as she turns the final page
G CLiving some one's life upon the stage
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