He plays guitar in a smoke-filled room

Singing from the afternoon

Until the morning comes

His music sets the atmosphere

For drinking, lonely hearts that gather here



By two a.m. he ends the show

His world is fine for we know

But don't believe a word

He's a master of charades

An expert with the masquerades



They just go on

Never changing

They just go on and on and on and on and on

They just go on

Never changing

They just go on and on and on and on and on



And married to the man to stage

The woman who will share his wage

She waits to drive him home

Gives to him a warming smile

But secretly she trembles all the while

She wears the look of confidence

And leads the life of common sense

She keeps a level head

But just behind her quiet grace

There hides a girl who's lost and out of place



Oh, they just go on

Never changing

They just go on and on and on and on and on

They just go on

Never changing

They just go on and on and on and on and on



There's a hunger inside

That they can't satisfy

With any earthly treasure

And they wonder each night

If the pain the must hide will go on...

And they just go on



They just go on

Never changing

They just go on and on and on and on and on

They just go on

Never changing

They just go on and on and on and on and on