There's a lot of good acts around Plenty of profound performers But there's only one who really gets through to me Whenever you come on I light up Everything you do goes down well I can tell, after you it's all downhill Proving you're a hard act to follow You're a hard act to follow You make it difficult, so difficult Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance Hard act to follow Watch a lot of foreign movies See a lot of late night TV Looking for a girl to distract me from what you are I try to lose my concentration Acting out of sheer frustration I go out at night, but after you it doesn't feel right, hey Proving you're a hard act to follow You're a hard act to follow You make it difficult, so difficult Hard act to follow you're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance Hard act to follow There's a lot of good acts around Plenty of profound performers But there's only one who really gets through to me And I'm not looking for an actress No, no, not a saki hostess All I want is you and you and you and you and you Encore, encore, encore, encore Proving you're a hard act to follow You're a hard act to follow You make it difficult to even think of taking in another play Hard act to follow, you're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance Lie like Ophelia Proving you're a mean scene stealer Proving you're a hard act to follow Hard act to follow Difficult, it's difficult Hard act to follow You're a hard act to follow Keeping me at arms length, sapping my strength from a distance, yeah Yeah Hard act to follow