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 open 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 scenery, the makeup, the props

The audience that lifts you when you're down

The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops

The sherriff who'll escort 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

Like no business I know

You get word before the show has started

That your favourite uncle died at dawn

And top of that, your pa and ma have parted

You're broken-hearted, but you go on



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...