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There's No Business Like Show Business

Irving Berlin

© Irving Berlin Music, ASCAP

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
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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 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

Traveling through the country will be thrilling
Standing out in front on opening nights
Smiling as you watch the benches filling
And see your billing out there in lights

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
Let's go on with the show

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