A Showman's Life - Buddy Miller

A showman’s life is a smokey bar

The fevered chase of a tiny star

It’s a hotel room and a lonely wife

From what I’ve seen of a showman’s life

Nobody told me about this part

They told me all about the pretty girls and wine

The money and good times

No mention of the wear and tear on an old honkey-tonker's heart

Well I might have known it

But nobody told me about this part

A boy will dream as children do

Of a great white way, 'til the dream comes true

And a phony smile in a colored light

Is all it is to a showman’s life