The cowboys

the wrestlers

the tumblers the clowns

The roustabouts that

move the show at dawn

The music

the spotlights

The people the towns

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

Like no business I know

Everything about

it is appealing

Everything the

traffic will allow

Nowhere could you

have 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 make up the props

The audience

that lifts you

when you're down

The headaches

the heartaches

the backaches The flops

The sheriff who

escorts you out of town

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

You get word before

the show has started

That your favourite

uncle died at dawn

Top of that your

Ma and Pa have parted

You're broken hearted

but you go on

There's no people

like show people They

don't run out of dough

Angels come from

everywhere with

lots of jack

And when you lose

it there's not 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

If you tell me it's so

Trav'ling

through the country

is so thrilling

Standing out in

front on opening nights

Smiling as you watch

the benches filling

And that's your

billing out there in lights

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

w i t h t h e s h o w !