Tonight Matthew

I give myself away My voice slightly out of key You notice my mistake My moves slightly off the beat The rough not quite smooth enough Tonight, Matthew I'll be out of step This choreography offends my conscience This is my one chance To get it right In front of a national audience I've tried so hard To make the costume fit But it was clear that my heart's not in it Tonight, Matthew I will be a Debutante Matthew, I'm not sure I'm quite the right Material for best in show Just between You and me I think this whole shebang Might be a set up Tonight, Matthew I'll be out of step This choreography offends my conscience This is my one chance To get it right In front of a national audience I've tried so hard To make the costume fit But it was clear that my heart's not in it Tonight, Matthew I will be a Debutante I'm just making up the words As I go along But so far no one's noticed So pretend you know the words And sing along With me Matthew, I have always tried my best I turned up to auditions And I worked so hard to be like all the rest Lost in my despondent failure I was hit by inspiration bold Oh, my apologies I'm not quite the right material To be packaged stickered up and sold Just between you and me I have been entertaining suspicions Over quite some time, Matthew I think this whole damn scene is a set up