I played the state, the capital,
but people said don't stop
until you've played the palace,
you haven't played the top.
For years, I had it preached to me
and drummed into my head,
unless you play the ballads,
you might as well be dead.
Our team of hoofers
was the headline
at the Majestic down in Dallas,
but they canceled the day.
Their agent called to say,
You can open the bill at the palace.
So it became the Hall of Fame,
The Mecca of the trade.
When you had played the palace,
You knew that you were made.
So I hope you'll understand my
wondrous thrill
Cause vaudeville's back at the palace
and I'm on the bill
And all around me
I hear voices that I can't ig nore
The voices of the stars
who played the palace long before
The stars who entertained you
until the rafters rang
You don't need their names
for the whole world acclaims them
For the wonderful songs they sang.
Shine on, shine on Harvest Moon
Up in the sky,
I ain't had no lovin'
since January, February, June, or Ju ly.
Some of these days,
you're gonna miss me, honey
Some of these days,
you're gonna feel so lonely.
You'll miss my huggin'.
You're gonna miss my kissin'.
You'll miss me, honey,
when I'm far away.
Oh, my man, I love him so
You'll never know,
all my life is just despair
But I don't care
when he takes me in his arms
The world is right, all right
I don't care, I don't care
what people think of me
I'm happy -go -lucky,
they say that I'm plucky, conten
ted and carefree
I don't care,
I don't care if he's a clerk or just a millionaire
Don't try to rearrange me,
there's nothing can change me
Cause I don't care
There's Annie Cantor,
Georgie Jessel,
Lou Holst,
Johnson and Olsen,
the Howard boys, the Coens and Foys,
and that singing fool, Al Cholson.
And so, with deep humility,
I stand in front of you,
I'm proud to play the palace,
it's like a dream come true
That is why I'd like to
shout it up and down
Just to tell Broadway
that the do -a -day is back in town!