QUIET PLEASE, THERE'S A LADY ON STAGE
(Carole Bayer Sager / Peter Allen)


Peter Allen - 1976
Reg Livermore - 1976
Jack Jones - 1979
Dusty Springfield - 1979
Nora Evans - 1980
Mark Carroll - 1982
Gloria Loring - 2001
Hugh Jackman (feat. in the Broadway show "The Boy From Oz") - 2003

Also recorded by: Patti LaBelle; Ann-Margret; Julia Migenes.



Quiet please, there's a lady on stage.
She may not be the latest rage
But she's singing, and she means it
She deserves a little silence

Quiet please, there's a woman up there
And she's been honest through her songs
Long before your consciousness was raised
Now doesn't that deserve a little praise

So put your hands together and help her along
All that's left of the singers, all that's left of the song
Stand for the ovation
And give her one last celebration

Quiet please, there's a person up there
Who's singing of the sins that none of us could bear
To hear for ourselves
Give her your respect if nothing else

And put your hands together and help her along
All that's left of the singers, all that's left of the song
Rise to the occasion,
And give her one last celebration

Quiet please, there's a lady on stage
Conductor, turn the final page
When it's over, we can all go home
She lives on, on the stage alone

So put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singers, all that's left of the song
Stand for the ovation
And give her one last celebration

Put your hands together and help her along
All that's left of the singers, all that's left of the song
Rise for the ovation
And give her one last celebration

Put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singers, all that's left of the song

Put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singers, all that's left of the song
Stand for the ovation
And won't you give her one last celebration

Put your hands together and help her along
Let's just stay here all night and let's sing every song
Won't you rise to the occasion
And won't you give her one last celebration

Put your hands together, help her along
All that's left of the singers, all that's left of the song
Stand, stand for the ovation
Yes, give her one last, just one last celebration

Come on and put your hands together, oh, won't you help her along
Let's just stay here all night and sing every song
Won't you rise, can you rise to the occasion
And give her just one last ........ FADE



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - March 2018)