There’s no business like show business   (midi)

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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 ! (Doris Day & Robert Goulet)