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Jim Corti & Lynnette Perry / The Show Biz
Toronto Cast
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I'm buried alive
I hang by a thread
And people pay money to see if I'm dead
Like Mama once said
That's the show biz
I'm packin' 'em in
From summer to fall
Come May and I'm playin' a half-empty hall
Well, you said it all
That's the show biz
It's sad
It's strange
Times change and change and change
And still I'm on top
I'm third on the bill
I'm ready to stop
I'm nervous I will
And both of us still in show biz
I'm out on a ledge
Wrapped up in a chain
And starting to think
As it's starting to rain
My life is insane
That's the show biz
My partner's a dud
My gown doesn't fit
The band is demanding a grand or they'll quit
My lawyer does shit
That's the show biz
It's sad
It's strange
Times change and change and change
I'm losing my hair
I'm losing my voice
I'm using a chair
I lost the Rolls Royce
But what other choice than show biz?
I'm only a sham
Well, that's my appeal
The people need sham
'Cause the world is too real
I know how they feel
I sit and reflect up there on my swing
Stenography lessons might just be the thing
I wish I could sing
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A hundred years from now
The name Harry Houdini will be gone and forgotten
And it wasn't even my real name
And Mama is gone
My Stanny was shot
But we carry on
Oh, like it or not
We're lucky we got the show biz
Where if you are down or dead on your feet
Or hear from some elderly dear on the street
That you're obsolete
That's okay
'Cause sad or strange
There's one thing that will never change
Like Mama would say
That's the show biz
The show biz
The
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Show biz
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