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I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand

Another serenader in 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

I am the entertainer, and I’ve had to pay my price

The things I did not know at first I learned by doin' twice

Ah, but still they come to haunt me

Still they want their say

So I’ve learned to dance with a hand in my pants

Let 'em rub my neck, and I write 'em a check

And they go their merry way

I am the entertainer

Been all around the world

I’ve played all kinds of palaces, and 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 am the entertainer

I bring to you my songs

I’d like to spend a day or two, but I can’t stay that long

No, I’ve 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

I am the entertainer, I come to do my show

You’ve heard my latest record

It’s been on the radio

Ah, it took me years to write it

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 am the entertainer

The idol of my age

I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage

Ah, you’ve seen me in the papers

I’ve been in the magazines

But if I go cold, I won’t get sold

I’ll get put in the back in the discount rack

Like another can of beans

I am the entertainer, and I know just where I stand

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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