I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand
I am the entertainer, and I've had to pay my price
I am the entertainer, been all around the world
I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs
I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show
I am the entertainer, the idol of my age
I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand
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another serenader and another long-haired band
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
but I know the game: you'll forget my name
and I won't be here in another year
if I don't stay on the charts
things I did not know at first, I learned by doing twice
Ah but still they come to haunt me, still they want their say
so I learned to dance with my hand in my pants
and I rub my neck and I write them a check
and they go their merry way
played all kinds of palaces, laid all kinds of girls
I can't remember faces, I don't remember names
ah but what the hell, you know it's just as well
'cause after a while and a thousand miles
it all becomes the same
I'd like to spend a day or two, but I can't stay that long
No, I got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line
gotta get those fees to the agencies
and I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
so I just don't have the time
you've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio
Ah it took me years to write, they were the best years of my life
it was a beautiful song, but it ran too long
if you're gonna have a hit, you gotta make it fit
so they cut it down to 3:05
I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage
You've seen me in the papers, I've been in the magazines
but if I grow cold, I won't get sold
I get put in the back, in the discount rack
like another can of beans
another serenader and another long-haired band
Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
but I know the game: you'll forget my name
and I won't be here in another year
if I don't stay on the charts
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