The Temptations Backstage Lyrics

(From the 1982 "Reunion" Album, Written by Smokey Robinson,

Lead by Dennis Edwards)

He's the entertainer, Smiling as though there's nothing wrong,

Now the crowd is standing, He's touching their hearts with his song,


Nobody knows, He's hurting inside,

Nobody knows, The times he's cried,

Backstage, When the crowd is gone,

Backstage, When his life is his home,

Backstage, He's lost and alone, cause there's nobody waiting in the wings for him to love, (love)


In the gleam and glitter, He seems much more than a man,

Before the night is over, he hopes to touch every man,


Nobody knows, by looking at him

Nobody knows, he's just like them


Backstage, He's a human being

Backstage, His heart is clean

Backstage, Is scene worth seein', cause there's nobody waiting in the wings for him to love, (love)


(Richard)

Won't some lady love him tonight,

Won't some lady please treat him right,

When the curtain goes down,

And the spotlight goes dim, (Not because he's the entertainer)


But just because he's him

Sombody love the because he's him


Backstage, when the curtain is closed,

Backstage, the real man is exposed,

Backstage, who would have ever supposed, nobody waiting in the wings for him to love, (love)


nobody waiting in the wings for him to love, (love)

nobody waiting in the wings for him to love, (love)

nobody waiting in the wings for him to love, (love) (end)