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 get
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 opened
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 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 don'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
On top of that your pa and
Ma have parted
You're brokenhearted
But you go on
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 with the show