Entertainer

I am the entertainer,

I know just where I stand

Another serenader,

Another long haired man.

Today I am your champion,

I may have won your heart

But I know the game,

You'll forget my name.

I won't be here

In another year

If I don't stay

On the charts

I am the entertainer

Had to pay my price

Things I didn't know at first

I learned by doing twice.

But still they come to haunt me

Still they want their say

So I learn to dance

With my hands in my pants.

Rub my neck

And just write 'em a check

And they'll be on their way.

I am the entertainer

I've been all around the world

I played all kinds of places

Played all kinds of girls.

I don't remember faces

I don't remember names

What the hell, it's just as well

'Cause after a while

And a thousand miles

It all becomes the same.

I am the entertainer

I come to do my show

You heard my latest record

Spin on the radio.

Well, it took me years to write it

The best years of my life

It's a beautiful song

But it ran too long

Wanna have a hit

You gotta make it fit

So they cut it down to 3:05.

I am the entertainer

Idol of my age

Make all kinds of money

Boy, when I go on the stage.

They see me in the paper

And in the magazines

If I go cold

My feet get sore

Put me in the back

Of the discount rack

Like another can of beans.

I am the entertainer

I know just where I stand

Another serenader,

Another long haired man.

I am the entertainer...