The Entertainer - Live at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY - June 1977

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
 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
 I let 'em rub my neck and I write 'em 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
 'cause 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 3: 05
 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 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