out on the great wide way
as bright as day and day as dark as night
seen all the finer sights
Then I thought I'd do some slummin'
For a little while one night
Well, I stepped into the shadows
The burlesque were performing
In their old familiar way
the front girl whirled around
and I recognized my sweetheart
Yes she was just a hometown
how she could be everything
when the contest finally ended
and the judges called her name
she won a trip to Broadway
where she would find her fame
and stepped back in the crowd
for I knew she mustn't see me
and in that one long moment
The truth my mind unveiled
The town she loved had failed her
The town she thought she'd failed
So that night I wrote a letter
On a homeward bound express
And it read, congratulations
but if you should ever decide
well you know I'll always be here waiting,
just like I've always been.
out on the great wide way
When old friends ask about her
I just smile at them and say
She stars a show on Broadway
Out on the Great White Way
