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1. The costumes, the scenery, the make-up, the props,
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the audience that lifts you when you're down.
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The headaches, the heartaches, the backaches, the flops,
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the sheriff who escorts you out of town.
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Ehe opening when your heart beats like a drum,
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the closing when the customers don't come.
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There’s no business like show business like no business I know,
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everything about it is appealing, everything that traffic will allow,
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nowhere could you have that happy feeling,
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when you are stealing that extra bow.
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There’s no people like show people, they smile when they are low,
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even with a turkey that you know will fold,
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you may be stranded out in the cold,
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still you wouldn’t change it for a sack of gold,
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let’s go on with the show.
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2. The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk,
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are secretly unhappy men because,
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the butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk,
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get paid for what they do, but no applause.
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They’d gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye
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for anything theatrical and why?
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There’s no business like show business and you tell me it’s so,
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traveling through the country is so thrilling,
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standing out in front on opening nights,
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smiling as you watch the theater filling,
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and there’s your billing out there in lights.
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There’s no people like show people, they smile when they are low,
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angels come from everywhere with lots of jack,
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and when you lose it, there’s no attack,
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where could you get money that you don’t give back?
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Let’s go on with the show !
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There’s no business like show business, like no business I know,
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you get word before the show has started,
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that your favorite uncle died at dawn,
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top of that, your pa and ma have parted,
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you’re broken-hearted, but you go on.
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There’s no people like show people, they smile when they are low,
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yesterday they told you, you would not go far,
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that night you open, and there you are.
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Next day on your dressing room they’ve hung a star,
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let’s go on with the show !