Buddy Miller - A Showman's Life lyrics

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