There's No Business Like Show Business
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The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Are secretly unhappy men because
The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk
Get paid for what they do but no applause
They'd gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye
For anything theatrical and why?
There's no business like show business
Like no business I know
Everything about it is appealing
Everything that traffic will allow
Nowhere can you get that happy feeling
But when you're stealing that extra bow
There's no people like show people
They smile when they're low
And 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
The costumes, the makeup, the scenery, the props
The audience that lifts you when you're 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
You get word before the show has started
That your favorite uncle died at dawn
On top of that your mom and pop have parted
You're broken hearted but you go on
You go on
There's no people like show people
They smile when they're low
Yesterday they told you, you would not go far
That night you open and there you are
Next day on your dressing room they've hung a star
Let's go on with the show
Let's go on with the show
Let's go on with the show