I was a paperboy back when there was paperboys Bookstores and record shops, bricks and mortar Now I made the cover but I can't pay the band What's more important is we're building a brand Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man Pass the hat for pennies, kickstart some fans If you can tweet something brilliant, you got a marketing plan Jinglin' and janglin,' living in a van If we can just sell some t-shirts we could pay for the gas Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man Now that the future has swallowed the past It's one step forward and two steps back Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man Everybody clap your hands I'm a song and dance man Everybody clap your hands for the song and dance man You gotta do what ya can when you're a song and dance man