[Verse 1] San Diego lights were dimming in the rearview We were trading lines from songs we'd never play I said goodnight like every other night before Nobody warns you when forever hits the floor [Pre-Chorus] I still count the chairs before the curtain lifts Some habits grow from people who were gifts [Chorus] The show goes on, the show goes on The show goes on cause thats how I still feel them I hold their notes right here inside my chest And every stage becomes a cathedral The show goes on [Verse 2] Red dirt girl from a one-horse Oklahoma town Church taught me harmony, the highway taught me loss They said keep going like that fixes anything I kept on going that was the only way across [Pre-Chorus] The pedal steel still weeps for missing hands A sound that only heaven understands [Chorus] The show goes on, the show goes on The show goes on cause thats how I still feel them I hold their notes right here inside my chest And every stage becomes a cathedral The show goes on [Bridge] Some nights the mandolin rings on its own A chord from hands that should have gotten old Every van ride joke, every stupid 2 AM I wouldnt trade a single night we had for anything [Final Chorus] The show goes on, the show goes on Tonight I hear them louder than the crowd Been carrying their songs since the sky came down Once for me and once for everyone Who never got to take their final bow The show goes on [Outro] Still here The show goes on
