IF EVERYONE WAS LISTENING

If everyone was listening

The actors and jesters are here
The stage is in darkness and clear
For raising the curtain
And no-ones quite certain whose play it is
How long ago, how long
If only we had listened in.
If wed known just how right we were going to be.
For we dreamed a lot
And we schemed a lot
And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart.
If everyone was listening you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down? 
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall
Well, what is your costume today? 
Who are the props in your play? 
You're acting a part which you thought from the start
Was an honest one.
Well how do you plead? 
An actor indeed!
Go re-learn your lines,
You don't know what you've done
The finales begun.
The actors and jesters are here
The stage is in darkness and clear
For raising the curtain
And no-ones quite certain whose play it is
How long ago, how long
If only we had listened in.
If wed known just how right we were going to be.
For we dreamed a lot
And we schemed a lot
And we tried to sing of love before the stage fell apart.
If everyone was listening you know
There'd be a chance that we could save the show
Who'll be the last clown
To bring the house down? 
Oh no, please no, don't let the curtain fall
Well, what is your costume today? 
Who are the props in your play? 
You're acting a part which you thought from the start
Was an honest one.
Well how do you plead? 
An actor indeed!
Go re-learn your lines,
You don't know what you've done
The finales begun.
RAF MENWITH HILL, England — The giant white “golf balls” look out of place next to the rolling hills, stone fences and picturesque farms of the Yorkshire countryside.
The “golf balls,” or radomes, dwarf the buildings at this tiny U.S. military base in northern England. They house satellite receivers and transmitters that help Menwith Hill’s workers fulfill the mission of providing “intelligence support for U.K., U.S. and allied interests,” according to the base website.