Turn out the lights And start the show I want to see the movie I’ll just sit back and take it in To get The lesson and the beauty Do you remember watching the movie Lord Jim Starring Peter O’Toole I saw a man conflicted and playing as a fool He struggled with his demons Courage or fight or flight And ended up full circle To finally do what’s right I was amazed to watch One of the greatest actors of his time With reason and with rhyme His expression conveyed his feelings I must have seen this movie so many times and screenings He showed that we all have weakness, our fears and inhibition The push and pull of every thought, the fragility of our condition He was caught up with trying to find Moral balance all the time In an effort to redeem himself He thought to take greater and greater chances He blamed himself for all things wrong A very sad set of circumstances So Turn out the lights And start the show I want you to see the movie We’ll just sit back and take it in The lesson and the beauty The story had a base in fact Our hero did exist He saw his role to protect the weak from the heavy-handed fist Lord Jim did fight against the power of evil interlopers , of drug lord, money hungry men and desperate no hopers Turn out the lights And start the show If you want to see the movie Well just sit back and take it in The lesson and the beauty This acting game can cover shame and stir up mixed emotions It’s a rubber band that can’t expand Or the tides upon the ocean Please watch Lord Jim And tell me true if time is the same today To a lonely man who makes a stand or merely makes his way Turn out the lights And start the show I want to see the movie I’ll just sit back and take it in To get The lesson and the beauty This acting game This acting game The lesson and the beauty
