The Andrews Sisters - There's No Business Like Show Business

Business, business, business, business
Business, business, business, business

There's no business
Like show business
Like no business, I know
No business like
Everything about it is appealing
Everything the 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 trade it for a sack of gold
Let's go on with the show

The butcher, and the baker
And the grocer, and the clerk
Are secretly unhappy men because
The butcher, and the baker
And the grocer, and the clerk
Get paid for what they do but no applause
They'd gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye
For anything theatrical and why

Because 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
Top of that your pa and ma have parted
You're broken hearted, but you go on
Good boy!

There's no people
Like show people
Lay down 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

Because there's no people
Like show people
They smile when they are low, low, low, 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

Right now
Let's go on with the show.