There's no business like show business.....
Like no business I know.
Everything about it is appealing.
Everything the traffic will allow.
Nowhere could you get that happy feeling,
When you are stealing that extra bow.
There's No People, like show people
They smile when they are low.
Yesterday they told you you would not go far,
That night you opened, and there you are.
Next day on your dressing room they hung a star,
Let's go on with the show.
There's no business like show business,
Like no business I know.
How you worried using half the night up,
Waiting til the morning papers came,
What a moment when your face will light up,
To see the write-up.....and find your name......
The costumes, the scenery, the make up, the props,
The audience that lifts you when your down.
The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops,
The sheriff who escorts you out of town.
The opening when your heart beats like a drum.
The closing when the customers won't come.
There's no business like show business,
Like no business I know.
Everything inside you starts to shake up,
with daubs of make up, behind your ears.
There's no people like show people,
They don't run out of dough.
Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack,
And when you lose it, they don't attack.
Where could you get money that you don't give back?
Let's go on with the show!
There's no business like show business.
If you tell me it's so.
There's no business like show business,
Like no business I know.
Traveling through the country is so thrilling,
Standing out in front on opening night,
Smiling as you watch the benches filling,
And there's your billing out there in lights.
There's no people like show people,
They smile when they are low.
Even with a turkey that you know will fold,
You may be stranded out in the cold.
Still you wouldn't change it for a sack of gold,
Let's go on with the show.....