Exits Songtext
von Tim Curry

I′m good at exits
I've practiced them for years
I′m at my best whenever there's a door
So many exits
Enough for two careers
I've long since given up on keeping score

Give me a reason to stay
I say, "Ignore it"
If someone stands in my way
I step around
You′d like an exit?
Just name your exit
I′ll give you exits by the pound


I've walked out on countless wives
And I′ve improved their lives
They'll say it′s true
Spared them tears and broken plates
I left them swell estates
They opened wide the gates
And I walked through

I've staged the exits
Of all my closest friends
Just drink enough and watch your friends move on
I love those exits
When everyone pretends
They′re sad to see you go
But glad you're gone

Now I sign autographs
On pictures taken years ago
I sign a name that isn't mine
To a face I barely know
So here′s to him and here′s to me
And all that's gone before
Here stands the king of pictures
Who will always leave the public
Wanting more and more


I walked out on Harry Cohn
Told Goldwyn, "Hold the phone"
Quit Louis B
Used my name and fame and clout
And I kept walking out
′Til my career walked out
And wife and child walked out
On me

(Spoken)
Benjamin, tomorrow I'll be sober and I′ll remember all the
Reasons for staying away from her. Tomorrow, Tess will be in
Connecticut and the world will be... ordinary again. She wants
Me to come, and it may be the last time she asks. I'm going
With you or without you. So for the last time, where is the Plaza?
(Sung)

I′ll walk in with head held high
Bygones will all go by
What's past is past
I'll walk in with open arms
And she will run to me
My child will run to me
As I walk in for her
At last