There's No Business Like Show Business

The costumes, the scenery, the makeup, the props The audience that lifts you when you're down The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops The sheriff who escorts you on the call The opening when your heart beats like a drum The closing when the customers won't come There's no business like show, business like no Business I know Everything about it is appealing Everything the traffic will allow Oh, where could you have that happy feeling When you are stealing that extra ball? 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 cowboys, the wrestlers The tumblers, the clowns, the rouse the flouts that move the show at dawn The music, the spotlights, the people, the town Your baggage with the labels pasted on The sawdust and the horses and the smell The towel you've taken from the last hotel There's no business like show, business if you tell me it's so Traveling through the country is so thrilling Standing out in front of open nights Smiling as you watch the benches filling and see your billing out there in line There's no people like show, people they smile when they are down Even with the turkey that you know and love 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 The show, the show