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

The butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk 
Are secretly unhappy men because 
the butcher, the baker, the grocer, the clerk 
get paid for what they do but no applause. 
They'd gladly bid their dreary jobs goodbye 
for anything theatrical and why?

There's no business like show business and I tell you it's so Traveling through the country is so thrilling, 
standing out in front on opening nights
Smiling as you watch the theater filling, 
and there's your billing 
out there in lights

There's no people like show people, 
they smile when they are low 
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 
      like no business I know)) 
You get word before the show has started 
that your favorite uncle died at dawn 
Top of that, your pa and ma have parted, 
you're broken-hearted, but you go on

   ((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