The Entertainer (Live at Carnegie Hall)

> Daaaa-da-do-do-duh D-d-de-de-de-de-de-deh-d-d-de-d-d-d-de-de-de-do, oh ho, yo ho 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, oh I am the entertainer; I dress to fit the style I wear all kinds of sparkles, I flash the crowd by smile Ah but when the night is over and I stand without my clothes Perspiration stains and varicose veins, my eyes look shot, my belly's got a pot And there's a pimple on my nose 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 'Cause after a while and 1000 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, and I can't stay that long I've got to meet expenses, I 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 Oh 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 You've seen 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 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 (What? Now well get to that. Ill get to that. Ill get to that. I had to dedicate this song to, uhBach? This is dedicated to, uh, Christianos Restaurant, or Italian Restaurant. Its called, uh, Scenes From An Italian Restaurant.) [All right!]