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



(There's no business like show business like no business I know)

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



(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!!