Buddy Miller
A Showman's Life
A showman's life is a smokey bar andThe fevered chase of a tiny star It's a hotel room and a lonely wife From what I've seen of a showman's lifeNobody told me about this part They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine andThe money and the good times No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart Well, I might have known it But nobody told me about this partA boy will dream as children do Of a great white way, 'til the dream comes true And a phoney smile in a colored light Is all it is to a showman's lifeNobody told me about this part They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine andThe money and the good times No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart Well, I might have known it But nobody told me about this partNobody told me about this part They told me all about the pretty girls and the wine andSongtexteThe money and the good times No mention of all the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart Well, I might have known it But nobody told me about this partWell, I might have known it But nobody told me about this part
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