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Album: Starting Over (1974)
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  • It' a hard life but you play it for laughs
    It's a cold-hearted business keep away from the draft
    And your fingers and your throat get sore
    But they're out there callin' for some more

    So play on
    (While the lights shine around your head)
    Play on
    (Every night in a different bed)
    And the nights go on and on

    Get a break and find a place you can hide
    'Cause tonight you've got to be a star personified
    You're rushing round to get your plane
    And it's back in the bubble again

    So play on
    (While the lights shine around your head)
    Play on
    (Every night in a different bed)
    And the nights go on and on

    Critics comin' cause you're number one (number one)
    Play all your hits and all the girls will come
    (Play on), play on, (play on), play on

    Yeah, so play on
    (While the lights shine around your head)
    Play on
    (Every night in a different bed)
    And the nights go on and on

    It' a hard life but you play it for laughs
    It's a cold-hearted business keep away from the trap
    And your fingers on your throat get sore
    But they're out there beggin' for some more

    So play on
    (While the lights shine around your head)
    Play on
    (Every night in a different bed)
    And the nights go on and on

    The nights go on and on Writer/s: ERIC CARMEN, SCOTT MCCARL
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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