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
I have to
pay my price
The things I didn't
know at first
I learned by
doin' them twice
Ah but still they
come to haunt me
still they want
their say
So I learn to dance
with my hand in my pants
I'll even rub my neck
while I write 'em a check
And they go on
their merry way
I am the entertainer
I've been all
round the world
I've played all kinds
of palaces
and I've 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
I can't stay that long
I've got to meet expenses
I've 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
on the 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 will forget my name
and I won't be here
in another year
If I don't stay
on the charts