Who thanked the Lord for the clothes 谁感谢主的衣服

that she wore and mended, 她穿着和修补，

Nellie with the big old fashioned eyes 尼尔森与大的老式眼睛

Who won the heart of a crowd 谁赢得了众人的心脏

tore apart, took a bow, 四分五裂，给他鞠躬，

Nellie there's a different world backstage 尼尔森有一个不同的世界后台

   

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I see the flood lights burning 我看到洪水亮着灯

I hear the band play on 我听到乐队玩

Now Nellie takes her bow 现在，老尼尔森把她的弓

   

She said she really could not stay 她说，她真的不能留

She had a brand new play to play 她有一个全新的游戏玩

And so she paints her face and smiles 于是她描绘她的脸和微笑

And she'll be someone else in a while 她会是别人的，而

   

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Just a lonely girl who could not face a broken world, 只是一个孤独的女孩谁也无法面对一个破碎的世界，

And so she acts out all her dreams and wishes that's how it had been 所以她的行为了她所有的梦想和愿望，就是这样过得怎么样

But when the audience is near, it seems as though she doesn't even care. 但是，当观众靠近，却仿佛她甚至不关心。

   

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Nellie just sent me a line to tell me she was doing fine 尼尔森刚刚发给我的一条线，告诉我她在做精

She got the lead and on Broadway, and now they're digging her today 她得到了领导和百老汇，而现在他们正在挖她今天

And as she turns the final page, living 当她打开最后一页，住

someone's life upon the stage 一个人的生命在舞台上

   

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