"The Curtain Can't Go Up Until The Wall Comes Down"
Song Lyrics  (Credits)       
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We've got a little project on our main street:
A theatre that's really quite a jewel.
It's something that we've needed for a while now,
A project that'll make our city cool.
We've got the talent, got imagination
To stage productions that will fill the hall.
There's just one little detail that's a poser:
No one'll ever see 'em through the wall!

CHORUS
The curtain can't go up until the wall comes down.
Without a stage a singer cannot sing.
The show will never start until the footlights shine.
Without a pit the band will never swing.
No names will shine in lights upon the marquee.
No stars'll flicker on the silver screen.
The curtain can't go up until the wall comes down,
So we're achin' to be rakin' in some green.

Our house divided causes quite a problem. 
With a wall, dramatic obstacles abound. 
"O Romeo, O wherefore art thou Romeo?" 
"I'M IN THE BLUE THEATRE - GO AROUND!"
An expensive proposition, we admit it;
But we all agree the wall has gotta go
We can kick and scratch and pound and curse and hit it,
But there it is until we get some dough.

(CHORUS)

Song Credits

Soo Theatre Project, Inc. Fund-Raising Campaign

"The Curtain Can’t Go Up Until the Wall Comes Down"
Words and Music © 2004 John Ignatowski
Sault Ste. Marie, MI
All rights reserved.

Arrangement by Lise White

Performers:
Judy Hill - vocals
Jacqueline Grimshaw - vocals
Lise White - vocals
Gary Garn - bass
Michael Belsito - piano
Ron Belsito - clarinet
Larry Vee - drums

Producer: Taylor Brugman

Recorded at Lake Street Studio, Brimley, MI
lakestreetstudio.com     (906) 248-5947 
Recording and Mastering Engineer: Taylor Brugman 
September 2004 

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