There's No Business Like Show Business

The cowboys, the wrestlers, the tumblers, the clowns The roustabouts that move the show at dawn The music, the splights, the people, the towns Your baggage with the labbels pasted on The saw dust, and the horses, and the smell The towel you've taken from the last hotel 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 Yesterday they told you you would not go far That night you opened and there you are Next day on your dressing room, they've hung a star Let's go, on with the show The costumes, the scenary, the make-up, the props The audience that lifts you when you're down The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops The sheriff that escorts you out of town The opening when your heart beats like a drum The closing when the customers don't come There's no business like show business If you tell me it's so Travelling through the country is so thrilling Standing out in front on opening nights Smiling as you watch the dancers filling And see you billing up 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 Let's go on with the show