Soap Opera Rupert Holmes

There was a time when I saw myself a flood-lit figure on the stage
The Metropolitan Opera, the Daily Critic's latest rage
But my voice went through a change about the same time as my skin
Now the opera is gone and what is left is getting awfully thin

There was a time when I saw myself a superstar upon the stage
In someone's rock and roll opera, but then my throat began to age
And I wound up working nights with afternoons when I'm awake
So I watch the daily dramas as my life becomes a coffee break

Here's the story up to date:
Shirley's found another mate
Though she'll wind up with her husband in the end
But her husband's got no life
He can't make it with his wife
Though his secretary's more than just his friend
It's a day-to-day routine and I watch the TV screen
Letting Bob and Shirley live my life for me
It's an opera made of soap using other people's hope
And tomorrow's show ain't soon enough for me

There was a time when I saw myself a clean-cut cowboy on the screen
A spurs-and-saddle horse opera, but that's a long-forgotten dream
So I watch Let's Make a Deal and win the jackpot in my brain
Then it's time to watch the show that's got my cerebellum half insane