This Town Gets Around

In this town, everybody's trying to get a piece of everybody else
 It gets hard to tell a real friend from a fake one
 So many promises, favors, and lies
 Most of the city wears a good disguise
 And even I, too, have been known to wear one
 As the saying goes, it's not who you know
 But it's who you blow that'll put you in the show
 And if that's not the case I hear you pay 'em
 But I don't come easy, and I'm flat broke
 So I guess it's me who gets the joke
 Maybe I'd be smarter if I played dumb
 I can't count all the times I've been had
 Now I know much better than to let that make me mad
 I don't let none of that get me down
 From what I've found, this town gets around
 Well, the very first manager I ever had
 He was old enough, he could have been my dad
 He took me out for drinks and talked a big talk
 He said, "Darling, sign on the dotted line
 You know, kiss my cheek and drink this wine
 If you walk on me, then you can just walk"
 I can't count all the times I've been had
 Now I know much better than to let that make me mad
 I don't let none of that get me down
 From what I've found, this town gets around
 C'mon
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 When I first came here, the streets were paved with gold
 And you can walk that road, I've been told
 But I won't put out or be controlled
 I don't write the shit that gets bought and sold
 Ask any man
 He might know
 Who used to live on music row
 But that was then, and this is now
 And he told me this town gets around
 From what I've found, this town gets around