Karaoké The Entertainer Billy Joel

I am the entertainer and I know just where I stand

Another serenader in 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 oh oh oh

I am the entertainer and I've had to pay my price

The things I did not know at first

I learned by doin' 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 'em rub my neck and I write 'em a check

And they go their merry way oh oh oh

I am the entertainer

I've 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

No 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

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 gonna have a hit you gotta make it fit

So they cut it down to three o five

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 in another long haired band

Today I am your champion

I may have won your hearts

But I know the game you will forget my name

And I won't be here in another year if I don't stay on the charts