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"Standing Ovation for Nobody" Style: G major, 176 BPM. Chicago Blues meets Cabaret — Chicago Blues leads. Swaggering, darkly comic, theatrically bitter. Close-mic baritone vocal, gravelly and sardonic with a stage-ham quality, delivered Lyrics: Well, gather 'round, I got a story 'bout a damn fool you might know I drove four hours for a woman who was gone before I parked Left a note that said 'good effort' and a candle in the dark Now I'm out here with my suitcase and a real heroic thirst Best-laid plans of mice and me ##Best-laid plans## Always land on ceremony I rehearse the exit speech but miss the door I'm the standing ovation nobody asked for I once told a crowd of twelve that I was born to fill a stage Nine of 'em were relatives, two left, one was underage But I bowed like Carnegie Hall had gone and called my name I keep taking all the bows for shows that never ran ##Never ran, never ran## God must love a punchline — He keeps usin' me for that Best-laid plans of mice and me