He read his lines right on cue

He had perfect time

But who would think that in his life

He would turn to crime.

They said it must have been an act

The role he had to play

A stage too far the spotlight glow

He chose to throw way.

Twilight fills his narrow room

The memory of sweet perfume.

And you can't take that away

You can't take that away

There's one thing in life that you do best

Just do it well and you can't take that away.

Now that he is forced to choose

And find something to do

Scraping walls with verse and rhyme

To help him to go through.

But still the thought of who he was

Sneaks into his head

Between those dirty sheets

He's better off alive than dead.

Twilight fills his narrow room

The memory of sweet perfume.

And you can't take that away

You can't take that away

There's one thing in life that you do best

Just do it well

And you can't take that away

No you can't take that away

There's nothing in life that you do best

Just do it well

And you can't take that away.

Looking back on better days

He tries to understand

Why he never asked someone

To lend a helping hand.

The price he paid was governed

By the grass that was so green

The headlines hit the world

And wiped him off the silver screen.

Twilight fills his narrow room

The memory of sweet perfume.

And you can't take that away

You can't take that away

There's one thing in life that you do best

Just do it well

And you can't take that away

No you can't take that away

There's nothing in life that you do best

Just do it well

And you can't take that away.