It's the Hard-Knock Life

It's the hard-knock life for us!

It's the hard-knock life for us!

Instead of treated, we get tricked

Instead of kisses, we get kicked

It's the hard-knock life!

Got no folks to speak of, so

It's the hard-knock row we hoe

Cotton blankets, instead of wool

Empty bellies, instead of full

It's the hard-knock life!

Don't it feel like the wind is always howling?

Don't it seem like there's never any light?

Once a day, don't you wanna throw the towel in?

It's easier than putting up a fight!

No one's there when your dreams at night get creepy

No one cares if you grow or if you shrink

No one dries when your eyes get wet and weepy

From the crying you would think this place would sink!

Oh

Empty belly life

Rotten smelly life

Full of sorrow life

No tomorrow life

Santa Claus we never see

Santa Claus, what's that? Who's he?

No one cares for you a smidge

When you're in an orphanage

It's the hard-knock life

You'll stay up till this dump shines like the top of the Chrysler Building!

Yank the whiskers from her chin

Jab her with a safety pin

Make her drink a Mickey Finn

I love you, Miss Hannigan!

It's the hard-knock life for us!

No one cares for you a smidge

When you're in an orphanage

It's the hard-knock life

It's the hard-knock life

It's the hard-knock life