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A showman?s life is a smokey bar
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And the fevered chase of a tiny star
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It?s a hotel room and a lonely wife
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From what I?ve seen of a showman?s life nobody told me about this part
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They told me all about the pretty girls
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And the wine and the money and the good times,
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There?s no mention of all the wear and tear,
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On an old honky tonker?s heart
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Well I might of known it,
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But nobody told me about this part
A boy will dream as children do
Of a great white way until the dream comes true
And a phony smile in a colored light
Is all there is to a showman?s life nobody told me about this part
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But nobody told me about this part
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Well I might of known it
But nobody told me about this part