The Entertainer

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

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

The things I did not know at first I learned by doing twice

But still they come to haunt me,

Still they want their say,

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

I 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,

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

I got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line,

Got to 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've come to do my show,

You've heard my latest record, it's been on the radio

It took me years to write it, they were the best years of mylife,

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

You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines,

But if I go cold, I won't get sold,

I get put in the back of a 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,

I won't be here in another year If I don't stay on the charts