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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, 
           A5 
There?s no mention of all the wear and tear, 
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On an old honky tonker?s heart 
     E5 
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 
 
Chorus 
 
Well I might of known it 

But nobody told me about this part