Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.
Sergeant O’Leary is walking the beat, at night he becomes a bar tender.
Give a moment or two to the angry young man with his foot in his mouth and his heart in his hand.
She’s got a smile that heals me.
Rock and roll cola wars, I can’t take it any more.
Ain’t no rainbows shining on me, shades of gray are the colors I see.
You can pay Uncle Sam with all your overtime, is that all you get for your money?
Streetlife serenaders Have no obligations Hold no grand illusions Need no stimulation.
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.
I am the entertainer, I’ve come to do my show You’ve heard my latest record, it’s been on the radio 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 You see 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.
So many faces in and out of my life Some will last Some will be just now and then. Life is a series of hellos and goodbyes I’m afraid it’s time for goodbye again. Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby Say goodbye to Hollywood Say goodbye my baby.
Some folks like to get away Take a holiday from the neighborhood. Hop a flight to Miami Beach Or to Hollywood But I’m talking a Greyhound On the Hudson River Line. I’m in a New York state of mind.
It was so easy living day by day Out of touch with the rhythm and blues But now I need a little give and take The New York Times, The Daily News.
She can kill with a smile. She can wound with her eyes. She can ruin your faith with her casual lies. And she only reveals what she wants you to see. She hides like a child, but she’s always a woman to me.
Oh, she takes care of herself. She can wait if she wants. She’s ahead of her time. Oh, and she never gives out. And she never gives in. She just changes her mind.
Every child had a pretty good shot, to get at least as far as their old man got. But something happened on the way to that place. They threw an American flag in our face.
Working too hard can give you a heart-attack.
Drank a lot of take home pay.
She’ll carelessly cut you and laugh while you’re bleeding.