The Entertainer - Live at Madison Square Garden, New York, NY - 2006

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
 Ah, 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
 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
 'Cause after a while and a million miles
 It all becomes the same
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 I am the entertainer
 And I bring to you my songs
 I'd like to spend a day or two
 But I can't stay that long
 No, I've got to meet expenses
 I got to stay in line
 I 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 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
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 Thank you
 On the keyboards
 From Edison, New Jersey, that's Dave Rosenthal