This Town Gets Around

In this town, everybody's trying to get a piece of everybody else It gets hard to tell a real friend from a fake one So many promises, favors, and lies Most of the city wears a good disguise And even I, too, have been known to wear one As the saying goes, it's not who you know But it's who you blow that'll put you in the show And if that's not the case I hear you pay 'em But I don't come easy, and I'm flat broke So I guess it's me who gets the joke Maybe I'd be smarter if I played dumb I can't count all the times I've been had Now I know much better than to let that make me mad I don't let none of that get me down From what I've found, this town gets around Well, the very first manager I ever had He was old enough, he could have been my dad He took me out for drinks and talked a big talk He said, "Darling, sign on the dotted line You know, kiss my cheek and drink this wine If you walk on me, then you can just walk" I can't count all the times I've been had Now I know much better than to let that make me mad I don't let none of that get me down From what I've found, this town gets around C'mon When I first came here, the streets were paved with gold And you can walk that road, I've been told But I won't put out or be controlled I don't write the shit that gets bought and sold Ask any man He might know Who used to live on music row But that was then, and this is now And he told me this town gets around From what I've found, this town gets around