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billy joel - the entertainer - live at the great american music hall - 1975 lyrics

[instrumental intro]

[verse 1]
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
oh

[verse 2]
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
let ’em rub my neck, and i write ’em a check
and they go their merry way
oh
[verse 3]
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 h+ll
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
i can’t stay that long
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
[verse 6]
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

[outro]
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 and you’ll forget my name
i won’t be here in another year
if i don’t stay on the charts

[billy joel, spoken]
thank you
thank you
droopy socks, alright?
nothing ever happens to bowie onstage, he’s perfect
he never has droopy socks, yeah
i don’t even think he wears them
uh, okay
[audience, spoken]
“souvenir!”
“billy the kid!”
“if i only had the words!”

[billy joel, spoken]
“billy the kid,” yeah

[audience, spoken]
yes!
yeah!
yeah!

[billy joel, spoken]
okay
well this is—
this song is uh
total and absolute bullsh+t
from beginning to end
and i had a great time
seeing the interpretations of this song
“oh by this here he meant—
he was being symbolic with the foom fah…”
and it’s just bullsh+t story from beginning to end, uh
but, uh
there’s nothing wrong with creative bullsh+t, i mean
every—
alright
every s—
every single guy who’s ever walked into a bar has been very creative with bullsh+t, y’know?
“hey baby, zooba zaba, zooba zaba,” y’know

[audience, spoken]
how old were you when you first started playing?

[laughs]

[billy joel, spoken]
it all began in a little radio station in, uh
hempstead, long island
i started piano when i was a little kid

[audience, spoken]
play!

[billy joel, spoken]
any—
are there any other questions?
“play?”
very good

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