[Verse 1]
Call time in the rain
Hairpins in my teeth
Coffee in a paper cup
Bare feet on the grease
They want tears on cue
They want fire on a page
One minute I'm the sweetheart
Next minute I'm the rage
[Ears up, places!]
I learned to smile and shake
While seven phones kept ringing
And somebody yelled, "Again!"
Before I'd stopped the singing
[Pre-Chorus]
Give me one true look
Then one more after that
He says, "Make it smaller, baby"
Then he wants it back
[Chorus]
Say my name, say "action"
(roll it, roll it)
Love me for the scene
Kiss me for the camera
(roll it, roll it)
Then let me leave clean
Say my name, say "action"
(roll it, roll it)
I can turn it on
Curtain call kiss
Curtain call kiss
And I'm gone, I'm gone
[Verse 2]
There's a man in linen shoes
With a scarf around his head
He says the mood is "cracked glass"
And the room should feel like red
He rewrites every line
While we freeze in place
Then he nods like lightning
At his own strange face
And the other leading man
Keeps his hand just so
We both know where the kiss goes
But we never let it show
[Pre-Chorus]
Three more takes in a row
The marks are wearing thin
He says, "Find the heartbreak"
So I let it in
[Chorus]
Say my name, say "action"
(roll it, roll it)
Love me for the scene
Kiss me for the camera
(roll it, roll it)
Then let me leave clean
Say my name, say "action"
(roll it, roll it)
I can turn it on
Curtain call kiss
Curtain call kiss
And I'm gone, I'm gone
[Bridge]
Some nights I come home
With the script still in my hand
Smudged with all the things
I thought I'd never stand
But I know that moment
When the room goes still
I can borrow a whole heart
And hand it back at will
[Chorus]
Say my name, say "action"
(roll it, roll it)
Love me for the scene
Kiss me for the camera
(roll it, roll it)
Then let me leave clean
Say my name, say "action"
(roll it, roll it)
I can turn it on
Curtain call kiss
Curtain call kiss
And I'm gone, I'm gone