Daaaa-da-do-do-duh
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D-d-de-de-de-de-de-deh-d-d-de-d-d-d-de-de-de-do, oh ho, yo ho
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I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand
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Another serenader and another long-haired 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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& I won't be here in another year if I don't stay on the charts, oh
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I am the entertainer, I dress to fit the style
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I wear all kinds of sparkles, I flash the crowd my smile
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But when the night is over, and I stand without my clothes
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The perspiration stains and varicous veins
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My eyes look shot, my belly's got a pot
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And there's a pimple on my nose, oh
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I am the entertainer, been all around the world
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I've played all kinds of palaces and laid all kinds of girls
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I can't remember faces, I don't remember names
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Ah, but what the hell, you know it's just as well
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'Cause after a while and 1000 miles, it all becomes the same
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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, and I can't stay that long
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I've got to meet expenses, I got to stay in line
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Gotta 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 come to do my show
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You've heard my latest record; it's been on the radio
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Oh it took me years to write it, they were the best years of my life
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It was a beautiful song but it ran too long
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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've seen 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 get put in the back in a discount rack 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 long-haired 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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I won't be here in another year if I don't stay on the charts
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(What? Now weĄŻll get to that. IĄŻll get to that. IĄŻll get to that. I had to dedicate this song to, uh?Bach? This is dedicated to, uh, ChristianoĄŻs Restaurant, or Italian Restaurant. ItĄŻs called, uh, Ą°Scenes From An Italian RestaurantĄ±.) [All right!]
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The Entertainer (Live 1977)
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| Billy Joel |
