Singing for supper round the world I've laughed in the afternoon I have danced after the pubs have closed By the bandstand under the moon I've been drunk and I've been sober I've been happy and I've been sad But there never was a tour Like the one we just had And the roller coaster rolls round We all know it's slow going up But just watch how fast it comes down Junk food after mid-night Hotel breakfast no champagne Coffee quiet moments And manic backstage games Flying high on a good night Racing down the aisles With the surge of sound and power Reflecting wicked smiles And the roller coaster rolls round We all know it's slow going up But just watch how fast it comes down And I head an old lady With a ghost of a voice Singing time worn songs Learnt in childhood They are graceful heroic songs In a style out of time Sung in the only way she knows she could And they come up fresh as morning dew But there gems will last To sparkle in the dark A magic lantern of the past And the roller coaster rolls round We all know it's slow going up But just watch how fast it comes down