Billy Joel - The Entertainer

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I am the entertainer
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And I know just where I stand
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Another serenader
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And another long-haired band
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Today, I am your champion
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I may have won your hearts
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But I know the game, you’ll forget my name
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And I won’t be here in another year
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If I don’t stay on the charts

[Verse 2]
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I am the entertainer
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And I’ve had to pay my price
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The things I did not know at first
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I learned by doin’ twice
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But still they come to haunt me
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Still they want their say
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So I’ve learned to dance
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With a hand in my pants
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I Let ’em rub my neck, and I write ’em a check
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And they go their merry way

[Verse 3]
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I am the entertainer
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Been all around the world
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I’ve played all kinds of palaces
C D
And laid all kinds of girls
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I can’t remember faces
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I don’t remember names
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Ah, but what the hell
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You know it’s just as well
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Cause after a while and a thousand miles
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It all becomes the same

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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I am the entertainer
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I bring to you my songs
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I’d like to spend a day or two
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But I can’t stay that long
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No, I’ve got to meet expenses
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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

[Verse 5]
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I am the entertainer, I come to do my show
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You’ve heard my latest record
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It’s been on the radio
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Ah, it took me years to write it
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They were the best years of my life
C D
It was a beautiful song, but it ran too long
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If you’re gonna have a hit
C
You gotta make it fit
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So they cut it down to 3:05

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 6]
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I am the entertainer
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The idol of my age
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I make all kinds of money
C D
When I go on the stage
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Ah, you’ve seen me in the papers
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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’ll get put in the back in the discount rack
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Like another can of beans

[Verse 7]
G
I am the entertainer
C/E C/D C
And I know just where I stand
G/B
Another serenader
C D
And another long-haired band
G
Today, I am your champion
C/E C/D C
I may have won your hearts
C D
But I know the game, you’ll forget my name
Am7 C
And I won’t be here in another year
D D7 G
If I don’t stay on the charts

[Outro]
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