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, ooh

I am the entertainer

and I’ve had to pay my price

The things I did

not know at first

I learned by

doing them 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

I let ’em rub my neck

and I write ’em a check

And they go

their merry way, ooh

I am the entertainer

I’ve been all

around the world

I’ve played all

kinds of palaces

and I 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 ’cos

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 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 three O five

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

in a discount rack

Like another can of beans

I am the entertainer

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