This Town Gets Around

In this town, everybody tryin' 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
Well there's a sayin' goes, it's not who you know
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 them 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 had, he was old enough, he coulda been my dad
Took me out for drinks and talked a big talked
Said, "Darlin', sign on the dotted line" y'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 them make me mad
I don't let none of that get me down
From what I've found, this town gets around
When I first came here the streets were paved with gold
And you can walk that road, I've bee told, but I won't be put out or 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
He told me that this town gets around
From what I've found, this town gets around