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I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand
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Another serenader and another longhaired band
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Today I am your champion, I may have won your hearts
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But I know the game, you'll forget my name
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And I won't be here in another year
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If I don't stay on the charts
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I am the entertainer and I've had to pay my price
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The things I did not know at first
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I learned by doing twice
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But still they come to haunt me, still they want their say
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So I've learned to dance with a hand in my pants
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And I rub my neck and I write em a check
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And they go their merry way
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I am the entertainer, I bring to you my songs
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I'd like to spend a day or two but I can't stay that long
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I got to meet expenses ,I got to stay in line
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Got to get those fees to the agencies
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And I'd love to stay but there's bills to pay
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so I just don't have the time
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I am the entertainer, I've come to do my show
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You've heard my latest record spin on the radio
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It took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life
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If you're gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit
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So they cut it down to 3:05
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I am the entertainer, the idol of my age
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I make all kinds of money when I go on the stage
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You see me in the papers, I've been in the magazines
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But if I go cold, I won't get sold
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I got put in the back in the discount rack
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Like another can of beans
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I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand
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Another serenader and another longhaired band
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Today I am your champion,
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I may have won your hearts
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But I knew the game, you'll forget my name
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I won't be here in another year
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If I don't stay on the charts.
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Entertainer
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Billy Joel |