Showtime, step out and act again Put on your clothes, the matching shoes, colour the grey of day Anytime ready to compete There's only one main character in every play You strike an attitude You sacrifice yourself The chanting of the audience a sonar for success Go put some make-up on And masquerade yourself The applause of the audience the amplitude of fame All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances And one man in his time plays many parts His acts being seven ages Lifetime determined to construct oneself Never to terminate the portrait of thyself Your attitude no compromise Your attribute self-sacrifice Your aptitude to agonize No gratitude you're left to your own devices All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players They have their exits and their entrances And one man in his time plays many parts His acts being seven ages All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players All the world's a stage and all the world's a stage and all the world's a stage and we are merely players You strike an attitude You sacrifice yourself For the chanting of the audience Go put some make-up on And masquerade yourself For the applause of the audience Your attitude Your attribute Your aptitude No gratitude No compromise Self-sacrifice To agonize You're left to your own devices Self-sacrifice