[00:17.65]I am the entertainer
[00:19.85]And I know just where I stand
[00:22.53]Another serenader
[00:24.78]And another long-haired band
[00:27.41]Today I am your champion
[00:29.68]I may have won your hearts
[00:31.99]But I know the game, you'll forget my name
[00:34.59]And I won't be here in another year
[00:37.03]If I don't stay on the charts
[00:40.32]
[00:43.40]I am the entertainer
[00:44.55]
[00:45.53]And I've had to pay my price
[00:48.21]The things I did not know at first
[00:50.52]I learned by doin' twice
[00:52.76]Ah, but still they come to haunt me
[00:55.26]Still they want their say
[00:57.57]So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
[01:00.00]I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check
[01:02.44]And they go their merry way
[01:06.07]
[01:08.79]I am the entertainer
[01:11.10]Been all around the world
[01:13.29]I've played all kinds of palaces
[01:15.56]And laid all kinds of girls
[01:18.19]I can't remember faces
[01:20.63]I don't remember names
[01:22.71]Ah, but what the hell
[01:23.89]You know it's just as well
[01:25.28]'Cause after a while and a thousand miles
[01:28.23]It all becomes the same
[01:31.55]
[01:38.55]I am the entertainer
[01:40.68]I bring to you my songs
[01:43.17]I'd like to spend a day or two
[01:45.29]I can't stay that long
[01:47.54]No, I've got to meet expenses
[01:49.92]I got to stay in line
[01:52.19]Gotta get those fees to the agencies
[01:54.57]And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
[01:57.13]So I just don't have the time
[02:01.44]
[02:03.31]I am the entertainer
[02:05.37]I come to do my show
[02:07.74]You've heard my latest record
[02:10.07]It's been on the radio
[02:12.50]Ah, it took me years to write it
[02:14.81]They were the best years of my life
[02:17.18]It was a beautiful song
[02:18.28]But it ran too long
[02:19.47]If you're gonna have a hit
[02:20.91]You gotta make it fit
[02:21.98]So they cut it down to 3:05
[02:25.24]
[02:32.70]I am the entertainer
[02:34.96]The idol of my age
[02:37.16]I make all kinds of money
[02:39.41]When I go on the stage
[02:41.80]Ah, you've seen me in the papers
[02:44.18]I've been in the magazines
[02:46.44]But if I go cold I won't get sold
[02:48.83]I'll get put in the back in the discount rack
[02:51.27]Like another can of beans
[02:54.39]
[02:57.50]I am the entertainer
[02:59.63]And I know just where I stand
[03:02.18]Another serenader
[03:04.39]And another long-haired band
[03:07.01]Today I am your champion
[03:09.19]I may have won your hearts
[03:11.50]But I know the game, you'll forget my name
[03:13.87]I won't be here in another year
[03:16.68]If I don't stay on the charts