To the tune of The Entertainer by Billy Joel

I am the entertainer

And I know just where I stand

Another crazy blogger

On another angry rant

Today I am your champion

I may have won your mind

But I know the game

You’ll forget my name

And I won’t be here

In another year

If I don’t put out the grind

I am the entertainer

And I’ve had to pay my price

Things that were not clear at first

I fixed by postin’ twice

Ah, but still they come to haunt me

Still they must be said

So I’ve learned to blog

Through the double-speak fog

Then I hit the deck

While I hope for a check

And I start another thread

I am the entertainer

Been all around the space

I’ve seen all the technologies

In the vendor rat race

I can’t remember faces

I don’t remember names

Ah, but what the hell

You know it’s just as well

‘Cause after a while

And a thousand miles

It all becomes the same

I am the entertainer

I bring to you my posts

I’d like to write all through the day

And share all of my notes

But I’ve got to meet expenses

I got to stay in line

Gotta get copies

to the agencies

I’d love to dwell

But there’s stories to tell

So I just don’t have the time

I am the entertainer

I give to you my best

You’ve read my latest musing

It’s been all around the net

Ah, took me hours to write it

The were the best hours of my life

It was a beautiful post

But it ran too long

If you’re gonna get a hit

You gotta make it fit

So it got cut down to size

I am the entertainer

The idol of my age

I don’t make that much money

When I become the sage

Ah, you’ve seen me in the blog-rolls

I’ve been in the trade press

But if I go blue

I won’t reach you

I’ll be put in the back

In the discount rack

Like an out-of-style fall dress

I am the entertainer

And I know just where I stand

Another crazy blogger

On another angry rant

Today I am your champion

I may have won your mind

But I know the game

You’ll forget my name

And I won’t be here

In another year

If I don’t put out the grind