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 feelin'
When you are stealin'
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 favorite 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 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
If you tell me it's so
Traveling through the country
is so thrilling
Standing out in front
on opening nights
Smiling as you watch
the benches filling
And there's your billing
out there in lights
There's no people
like show people
They smile when they are low
Even when the 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