Lyrics:

Confident with your back to the audience
Tremolo strings begin with your gesturing wrist
Start the orchestra slow with an elegant aire
Then a circular sweep, crescendoing swell

Leo Slatkin, Dohnanyi, Previne, Depaur
Oh

Your arms are calling out
They wave like a swarm of sound
You pull the sound from scores of notes
You step the stage and take control

You're conducting Varese in a moment of silence
Your body directs a pulse of wind

Von Karajan, Hampton, Menuhin, Levine
Oh

Your arms are calling out
They wave like a swarm of sound
You pull the sound from scores of notes
You step the stage and take control
Those arms are calling out
They wave like a swarm of sound
You pull the sound from scores of notes
You step the stage and take control

Control, control, control, control
Control, control, control, control
Control, control, control, control
Control, control, control, control
Control, control, control, control, control