There's No Business Like Show Business

Album: The Collection (1946)
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  • There's no business like show business like no business I know
    Everything about it is appealing, everything that 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
    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 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 and I tell you it's so
    Traveling through the country is so thrilling, standing out in front on opening nights
    Smiling as you watch the theater filling, and there's your billing out there in lights

    There's no people like show people, they smile when they are low
    Angels come from everywhere with lots of jack, and when you lose it, there's no attack
    Where could you get money that you don't give back? Let's go on with the show

    You get word before the show has started that your favorite uncle died at dawn
    Top of that, your pa and ma have parted, you're broken-hearted, but you go on

    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!! Writer/s: Irving Berlin
    Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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