She was the girl who ran the spotlight
Her heart was on the stage
Nobody ever got to hear her lines
But she sang them anyway

Knew that someday she wanted broadway underneath the lights
She wanted encores at the end of every night
She planned to keep on singing when the audience was tired
This wasn't broadway, it was close enough

She was the girl who found the spotlight
The arms of cheating men
She finally got a chance to sing and dance
But it wasn't she meant

And she said she wanted broadway underneath the lights
She wanted encores but this just wasn't right
She planned to keep on singing when the audience was done
This wasn't broadway

Plans that didn't play out
When her heart was left on the ground
When the song didn't play in her key but she kept on singing
When they didn't follow her script
The words that were left on her lips
Had bled along the way

She snuck in late one night
Climbed up to that old spotlight
She laughed at how some things never change
Looking back at the mess that she made
Tragedy was a role that she'd always play
The spotlight, it burst into flames

Yah she torched the place
She wanted broadway
Underneath the lights this was her encore
If finally felt right
She planned to keep on singing when the audience was tired
This wasn't broadway, this wasn't broadway
It was close enough