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 Things I did not know at first, I learned by doing 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 them rub my neck And I write them 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 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, I can't stay that long Ah, I've got to meet expenses, I've got to stay in line I've 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 come to do my show You 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 going to have a hit, you've got to make it big So they cut it down to 305 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 man Today I am your champion, I may have won your heart But I know the game, you'll forget my name I won't be here in another year, I don't stay on the charts © transcript Emily Beynon