The Entertainer Lyrics

[Verse 3]
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

[Verse 4]
I am the entertainer
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
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

[Verse 5]
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

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The only single released from Streetlight Serenade, “The Entertainer” is a rather cynical look at the life of an entertainer. It’s part satire, part parody in the instrumentation, but complete irony: the song placed on the Billboard charts (peaked at #34 on the Hot 100 chart).

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Recorded At
Devonshire Sound, Hollywood, California
Release Date
October 11, 1974
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