The Actress Lyrics

The song The Actress is performed by Roy Orbison in the album named Big Roy Orbison Singles Collection in the year 1998 .



Well, you should be an actress, you play your part so well
Your act is so believable that no one else can tell
You say the lines, but I see that you don't really love me

You keep me around to be your faithful clown
Till someone you can love comes along
You'll keep on pretending because the show must go on

Yes, you should be an actress, as lovely as you are
The way you play on emotion, you'll shame the brightest star
You're acting all the time, no, you're not really mine

I'm just another scene in your play acting scheme
No, you don't love me at all
But when you walk away that's when the curtain will fall

But I'll go all the way to the end of the play
I'll be a part of your masquerade
Although, I know it may be the saddest show
In the life of a fool on parade




Roy Orbison - Big Roy Orbison Singles Collection

Nov 1998

  1. Paper Boy
  2. Uptown
  3. Only the Lonely
  4. Blue Angel
  5. I'm Hurtin'
  6. Running Scared
  7. Crying
  8. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)
  9. The Crowd
  10. Working for the Man
  11. In Dreams
  12. Falling
  13. Blue Bayou
  14. Pretty Paper
  15. Borne on the Wind
  16. It's Over
  17. Oh, Pretty Woman [Original Single]
  18. Goodnight
  19. (Say) You're My Girl
  20. Let the Good Times Roll
  21. Lana
  22. Belinda
  23. (I'm A) Southern Man
  24. Drifting Away
  25. Oh, Pretty Woman [Stereo]
  26. (Say) You're My Girl [Mono Version]
  27. With the Bug
  28. Pretty One
  29. Here Comes That Song Again
  30. Today's Teardrops
  31. I Can't Stop Loving You
  32. Love Hurts
  33. Candy Man
  34. The Actress
  35. Mama
  36. Leah
  37. Shahdaroba
  38. Distant Drums
  39. Mean Woman Blues
  40. Beautiful Dreamer
  41. What'd I Say
  42. Indian Wedding
  43. Yo Te Amo Maria
  44. Summer Song
  45. Only with You
  46. Sleepy Hollow
  47. House Without Windows
  48. No Chain at All
  49. Born to Love Me
  50. Under Suspicion
  51. San Fernando [German Language Version of Shahdaroba]
  52. Mama [German Version] - Roy Orbison, Melson, Joe


The Actress