Torn Down

Debby
Torn down?

Stephan
That is their intention.

Debby
Torn down?

Stephan
It seems no evidence of our existence
can escape their wrecking ball.

Debby
Torn down?

Stephan
Torn down. ­

Debby
Torn down?

Stephan
Torn down, torn down!

It seems no evidence of our existence
can escape their wrecking ball.
Got no sense of history.

Debby
It’s not fair. How can they do this?
Like they don’t they care about their shows?

Stephan
Apparently they are governed
by a higher rate of return;
meeting rooms;
catering mark-ups;
audiovisual rentals …

Debby
This, the best place to see
Loose Ties!

Stephan
Or to see Shelley and Kelly?
To see Shelley and Kelly?
So cozy …

Debby
My thought exactly.

Stephan
Here, yes, I’d hoped to do great things.

Debby
That’s the end of the song!

Stephan
I’d like to’ve seen Susan Carlman.

Debby
Ah, and Beth McIntosh!

Stephan
Can’t believe they’d tear this down,
can’t believe they’d tear this down.

Here I’ve seen some great acts, many times,
many times. So much talent!

Debby
Deadly Ernest, Deadly Ernest.

Stephan
It disgusts me what they’re doing;
oh, this is nice, oh, this is good …

Debby
Johnny Gimble, Johnny Gimble.

Stephan
Now after all these years,
all goes away, all goes away like that!

Debby
(whistles)

Stephan
It makes me sick just to think about it,
just to think about it.

Debby
What a waste of space, oh, what a waste of space,
it sickens me now!

Stephan
Well, I think it could have been much worse—

Debby
Side, talkin’ ’bout Side Channel Swing Band.

Stephan
—it could have happened before our show.

Debby
Saw Sawmill Creek here, and Doc Watson.

Stephan
Despite this setback we must prepare the cast
now to put on the show.

Got to prepare to put on the show,
to put on the show, to put on the show,
to put on the …

Debby
Got to impress them, must be prepared to
impress them,
must be prepared to impress, be prepared.
Stephan
The show must go on, the show must go,
the show must go on.

Stephan
Yes, we’ve got to prepare the cast
to go on with the show, the show.

Debby
To have a great time, great time,
great time, great time at this bar, oh,
you don’t have to be a superstar.

Stephan
You don’t have to be a star,
no, you don’t have to be a star.

Debby, Stephan
You don’t have to be a star,
no, you don’t have to be a star;
have a great time at this bar.

Stephan
You don’t have to, you don’t have to,
you don’t have to be a star.

Debby
To have a great time, great time
great time, great time at this bar, ah,

Debby
you don’t have to be a star.
Stephan
Have a great time at this bar
don’t be a star.
To have a great time.
To have a great time

Debby, Stephan
You don’t have to be a star.

Stephan
To have a great time.
To have a great time

Debby, Stephan
You don’t have to be a star.

Stephan
You don’t have to be a a star,
no, you don’t have to be a star,
no, you don’t have to be a star,
to have a great.
You don’t have to be a star
to have a great time at this bar,
no you don’t have to be a star,
not at this bar,
Debby
Be a star
to be a star, no,
to have a great time at this bar,
you don’t have to
be a star
to have a great time.
To have a great time at this bar,
you don’t have to,

Debby, Stephan
you don’t have to be a star
to have a great time at this bar,
no, you don’t have to be a superstar.